Kosmos Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:KOS)

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kosmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" KOS shares.
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7 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Kosmos Energy's shares. Their KOS share price targets range from $8.94 to $10.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $9.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.5% from the stock's current price.
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Kosmos Energy's stock was trading at $6.36 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KOS stock has increased by 6.7% and is now trading at $6.7850.
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Kosmos Energy saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 20,880,000 shares, a decline of 8.5% from the October 15th total of 22,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,760,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 26th 2024.
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Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, November, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.05. The oil and gas producer earned $526.55 million during the quarter. Kosmos Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.42% and a net margin of 4.41%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.19 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), Invesco Dorsey Wright Energy Momentum ETF (PXI), Harbor Corporate Culture Small Cap ETF (HAPS), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT) and Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2x Shares (GUSH).

7 employees have rated Kosmos Energy Chief Executive Officer Brian F. Maxted on Glassdoor.com. Brian F. Maxted has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kosmos Energy investors own include Marathon Oil (MRO), Permian Resources (CDEV), Callon Petroleum (CPE), WPX Energy (WPX), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Organigram (OGI), Ford Motor (F) and Two Harbors Investment (TWO).

Kosmos Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (13.35%), Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (4.85%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (4.56%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.76%), Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. (1.95%) and RWC Asset Advisors US LLC (1.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Deanna L Goodwin, Richard Ryan Clark, Roy A Franklin and Sir Richard Billing Dearlove.
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