NYSE:KOSKosmos Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kosmos Energy's stock was trading at $1.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, KOS stock has increased by 22.3% and is now trading at $1.48. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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 the consensus estimate of ($0.15) by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $177.78 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $234.50 million. Kosmos Energy had a negative return on equity of 7.93% and a negative net margin of 13.35%. View Kosmos Energy's earnings history.

Kosmos Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Investors 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 yield of 12.22%. The ex-dividend date 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kosmos Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $1.10 to $4.00. On average, they expect Kosmos Energy's stock price to reach $2.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 53.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kosmos Energy.

News headlines about KOS stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kosmos Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 volume of 11,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 7.1% of the company's shares are short sold. 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."

Kosmos Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.03%). Company insiders that own Kosmos Energy stock include Andrew G Inglis, David Benjamin Krieger, Iv Gp LLC Bcp, Pincus & Co Warburg, Richard Ryan Clark, Ronald W Glass and Steven Sterin. View institutional ownership trends for Kosmos Energy.

KOS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Kosmos Energy stock in the last two years include Andrew G Inglis, Richard Ryan Clark, Ronald W Glass, and Steven Sterin. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.48.

Kosmos Energy has a market capitalization of $599.68 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]