KOS vs. CRK, SBOW, SM, SWN, MTDR, RRC, BSM, AESI, TALO, and CNX
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Comstock Resources (CRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), SM Energy (SM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Comstock Resources' score of -0.17 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kosmos Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 65.24%. Comstock Resources has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.34%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Comstock Resources has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.55%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.94% beat Comstock Resources' return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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