Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer KOS or TLW?

Tullow Oil has a consensus target price of GBX 25, indicating a potential upside of 79.34%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kosmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tullow Oil	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk & volatility, KOS or TLW?

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

Is KOS or TLW 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
Kosmos Energy	12.22%	19.64%	6.82%
Tullow Oil	1.01%	-6.32%	5.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KOS or TLW?

Tullow Oil received 1132 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 69.79% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kosmos Energy	Outperform Votes 83 74.11%	Underperform Votes 29 25.89%
Tullow Oil	Outperform Votes 1215 69.79%	Underperform Votes 526 30.21%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KOS or TLW?

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
Kosmos Energy	£2.32B	0.34	£283.21M	£35.61	3.65
Tullow Oil	£1.97B	0.13	£19.84M	£0.85	16.47

Does the media favor KOS or TLW?

In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 5 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tullow Oil and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Tullow Oil's score of 0.05 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy	Neutral
Tullow Oil	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KOS or TLW?

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

Is KOS or TLW a better dividend stock?

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Tullow Oil pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.7%. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Tullow Oil on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.