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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.045 per share on Thursday, September 26th. This represents a $0.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 4th. View Kosmos Energy's Dividend History.

Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $395.93 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $391.29 million. Kosmos Energy had a negative return on equity of 14.53% and a net margin of 1.87%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 83.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.09) earnings per share. View Kosmos Energy's Earnings History.

Kosmos Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kosmos Energy.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Kosmos Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $6.69 to $12.00. On average, they expect Kosmos Energy's share price to reach $9.0380 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 42.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kosmos Energy.

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

News articles about KOS stock have been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kosmos Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kosmos Energy.

Kosmos Energy saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 21,372,800 shares, a decline of 9.4% from the June 30th total of 23,597,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 6.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kosmos Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kosmos Energy include Marathon Oil (MRO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Devon Energy (DVN), Apache (APA), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Encana (ECA), Parsley Energy (PE), WPX Energy (WPX), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), EQT (EQT), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kosmos Energy investors own include Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Fluent (FLNT), Baytex Energy (BTE), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Extraction Oil & Gas (XOG), WPX Energy (WPX), SRC Energy (SRCI) and Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX).

Kosmos Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (6.27%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (5.73%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (5.73%), BlackRock Inc. (4.98%), Prudential PLC (3.11%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.85%). Company insiders that own Kosmos Energy stock include David Benjamin Krieger, Iv Gp LLC Bcp, Pincus & Co Warburg and Yves-Louis Darricarrere. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kosmos Energy.

KOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, First Reserve GP XIII Ltd, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Jennison Associates LLC and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kosmos Energy company stock in the last year include David Benjamin Krieger, Iv Gp LLC Bcp and Pincus & Co Warburg. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kosmos Energy.

KOS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Zimmer Partners LP, BlackRock Inc., Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC and AQR Capital Management 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 $6.33.

Kosmos Energy has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion and generates $902.37 million in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-93,990,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.47) on an earnings per share basis. Kosmos Energy employs 380 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kosmos Energy.

The official website for Kosmos Energy is http://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]