NYSE:KOS - Kosmos Energy Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.14) by $0.09. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $250.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $239.20 million. Kosmos Energy had a negative return on equity of 21.93% and a negative net margin of 51.49%. Kosmos Energy's revenue for the quarter was up 65.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.09) EPS. View Kosmos Energy's Earnings History.

Kosmos Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kosmos Energy.

12 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Kosmos Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $8.62 to $12.00. On average, they expect Kosmos Energy's stock price to reach $9.8029 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 92.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kosmos Energy.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kosmos Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kosmos Energy.

News coverage about KOS stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kosmos Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Kosmos Energy saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 45,387,568 shares, an increase of 41.5% from the December 14th total of 32,077,204 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,620,563 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.1 days. Approximately 16.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Kosmos Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kosmos Energy include Cimarex Energy (XEC), Energen (EGN), Encana (ECA), Parsley Energy (PE), WPX Energy (WPX), EQT (EQT), Murphy Oil (MUR), Centennial Resource Development (CDEV), Vermilion Energy (VET), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Newfield Exploration (NFX), Antero Resources (AR), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) and Range Resources (RRC).

Kosmos Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Kosmos Energy stock include David Benjamin Krieger, Iv Gp LLC Bcp, Jason Doughty and Yves-Louis Darricarrere. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kosmos Energy.

KOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kosmos Energy.

Shares of KOS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.09.

Kosmos Energy has a market capitalization of $2.21 billion and generates $636.84 million in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-222,790,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.33) on an earnings per share basis. Kosmos Energy employs 280 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kosmos Energy is http://www.kosmosenergy.com.

Kosmos Energy's mailing address is Clarendon House 2 Church Street, HAMILTON D0, 75231. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 1-441-295-5950 or via email at [email protected]