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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

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

95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
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 has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% 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
Kosmos Energy$1.68B0.57$189.85M-$0.03-67.17
APA$9.74B0.70$804M$2.786.77

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

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

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
Kosmos Energy-0.80% -0.63% -0.14%
APA 9.75%23.22%7.63%

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$963.19M$2.54B$7.64B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A5.15%11.04%3.69%
P/E Ratio-67.140.9566.8927.57
Price / Sales0.572,785.2838,754.9259.01
Price / Cash1.382.4836.1922.13
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
3.7083 of 5 stars
$2.02
-1.7%
$4.93
+144.8%
-64.3%$963.19M$1.68B-67.14240
APA
APA
3.0539 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
4.7903 of 5 stars
$29.22
-1.7%
$51.71
+77.0%
-59.9%$2.71B$5.07B3.35350Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7419 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
4.6984 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$3.03B9.18690Positive News
Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5886 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.6%
$54.59
+38.9%
-17.4%$10.21B$9.15B16.721,623Upcoming Earnings
PR
Permian Resources
4.9027 of 5 stars
$13.78
-2.0%
$18.33
+33.0%
-17.4%$11.07B$5.13B8.51220Analyst 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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