KOS vs. MTDR, RRC, SWN, SM, CRK, SBOW, EGY, BRY, SD, and WTI
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), and W&T Offshore (WTI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.29, meaning that its stock price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 29.01% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.32% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.
Matador Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Matador Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of $8.56, indicating a potential upside of 56.49%. Matador Resources has a consensus target price of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.09%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Matador Resources.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 38 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Matador Resources and 4 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.67 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Matador Resources received 181 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.42% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Kosmos Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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