NYSE:KOSKosmos Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kosmos Energy's stock was trading at $1.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KOS shares have increased by 30.6% and is now trading at $1.58. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kosmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Kosmos Energy.

Kosmos Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kosmos Energy.

Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.15) by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $177.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $234.50 million. Kosmos Energy had a negative net margin of 13.35% and a negative return on equity of 7.93%. View Kosmos Energy's earnings history.

Kosmos Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $0.0452 per share on Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $0.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 4th. This is a boost from Kosmos Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. View Kosmos Energy's dividend history.

9 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Kosmos Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $1.10 to $4.00. On average, they anticipate Kosmos Energy's share price to reach $2.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kosmos Energy.

News headlines about KOS stock have trended negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kosmos Energy earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Kosmos Energy.

Kosmos Energy saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 27,330,000 shares, an increase of 8.8% from the June 15th total of 25,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 7.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Kosmos Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kosmos Energy investors own include Marathon Oil (MRO), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), WPX Energy (WPX), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Denbury Resources (DNR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Noble Energy (NBL), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Baytex Energy (BTE) and Centennial Resource Development (CDEV).

Kosmos Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KOS."

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One share of KOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.58.

Kosmos Energy has a market capitalization of $640.20 million and generates $1.51 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-55,780,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.05) on an earnings per share basis. Kosmos Energy employs 380 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kosmos Energy is www.kosmosenergy.com.

Kosmos Energy's mailing address is 8176 PARK LANE SUITE 500, DALLAS TX, 75231. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 214-445-9600 or via email at [email protected]