Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors

Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is TLW or KOS a better dividend stock?

Tullow Oil pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.1%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Tullow Oil pays out 472.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate TLW or KOS?

Tullow Oil presently has a consensus target price of GBX 17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 52.05%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tullow Oil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Kosmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TLW or KOS?

43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, TLW or KOS?

Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TLW or KOS more profitable?

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Tullow Oil's net margin of 1.01%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tullow Oil	1.01%	-6.32%	5.94%
Kosmos Energy	12.22%	19.64%	6.82%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TLW or KOS?

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tullow Oil. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tullow Oil	£1.97B	0.11	£19.84M	£0.85	13.47
Kosmos Energy	£2.32B	0.36	£283.21M	£35.61	3.79

Does the media refer more to TLW or KOS?

In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Tullow Oil. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 1 mentions for Tullow Oil. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Tullow Oil's score of -0.59 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tullow Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Kosmos Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Tullow Oil on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.