KOS vs. HBR, ENOG, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, TTE, YCA, WG, TGA, and AT
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Harbour Energy (HBR), Energean (ENOG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), Thungela Resources (TGA), and Ashtead Technology (AT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
94.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Harbour Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Kosmos Energy pays out 4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Harbour Energy pays out -2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harbour Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 26.56%. Harbour Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 19.61%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
Kosmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Harbour Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.55% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 23.46% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy received 50 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy and Kosmos Energy both had 6 articles in the media. Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Kosmos Energy's score of -0.63 indicating that Harbour Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Harbour Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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