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KOS vs. APA, FANG, BTE, CIVI, DVN, MTDR, MUR, OVV, PR, and SM

Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include APA (APA), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Baytex Energy (BTE), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Devon Energy (DVN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Kosmos Energy vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of -0.80%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA9.75% 23.22% 7.63%
Kosmos Energy -0.80%-0.63%-0.14%

APA currently has a consensus price target of $23.44, indicating a potential upside of 24.54%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus price target of $4.93, indicating a potential upside of 144.83%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, APA had 33 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for APA and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat APA's score of 0.45 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kosmos Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.74B0.70$804M$2.786.77
Kosmos Energy$1.68B0.57$189.85M-$0.03-67.17

Summary

APA beats Kosmos Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KOS vs. The Competition

MetricKosmos EnergyInternational E&P IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$979.92M$2.56B$7.69B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A4.94%10.95%3.65%
P/E Ratio-67.140.9563.5326.34
Price / Sales0.572,785.2838,754.9359.22
Price / Cash1.482.5236.1822.29
Price / Book0.790.683.894.66
Net Income$189.85M$269.17M$4.24B$994.58M
7 Day Performance-7.57%-1.16%-0.08%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-6.93%-4.10%0.05%4.91%
1 Year Performance-64.71%-17.77%10.95%10.53%

Kosmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.7072 of 5 stars
$2.02
-1.7%
$4.93
+144.8%
-64.3%$979.92M$1.68B-67.14240
APA
APA
3.0568 of 5 stars
$19.41
-0.6%
$24.83
+27.9%
-41.5%$7.02B$9.74B6.982,305Analyst Forecast
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9214 of 5 stars
$137.92
-2.1%
$193.13
+40.0%
-33.2%$40.30B$11.07B8.441,983Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5132 of 5 stars
$1.82
-32.8%
$5.50
+203.0%
-48.1%$1.41B$3.07B6.61231
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.8348 of 5 stars
$29.22
-1.7%
$51.71
+77.0%
-59.9%$2.71B$5.07B3.35350Analyst Forecast
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7417 of 5 stars
$32.72
-1.5%
$43.50
+32.9%
-32.6%$21.01B$15.94B7.452,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6948 of 5 stars
$49.10
-2.7%
$69.06
+40.7%
-20.7%$6.15B$3.50B6.59290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.7898 of 5 stars
$23.88
-2.4%
$29.15
+22.1%
-41.2%$3.41B$3.03B9.18690Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5886 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.6%
$54.59
+38.9%
-17.4%$10.21B$9.15B16.721,623Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.9028 of 5 stars
$13.78
-2.0%
$18.33
+33.0%
-17.4%$11.07B$5.13B8.51220Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SM
SM Energy
4.7727 of 5 stars
$25.35
-2.2%
$42.08
+66.0%
-43.0%$2.90B$2.69B3.55540

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This page (NYSE:KOS) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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