W&T Offshore (WTI) Competitors

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer KOS or WTI?

Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 137.18%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than W&T Offshore.

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
W&T Offshore	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to KOS or WTI?

In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 3 mentions for W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
W&T Offshore	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KOS or WTI?

Kosmos Energy received 253 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 52.88% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kosmos Energy	Outperform Votes 528 64.23%	Underperform Votes 294 35.77%
W&T Offshore	Outperform Votes 275 52.88%	Underperform Votes 245 47.12%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KOS or WTI?

95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of W&T Offshore shares are held by 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.

Is KOS or WTI more profitable?

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.21% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -11.95%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 31.08% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy	12.21%	31.08%	6.53%
W&T Offshore	-11.95%	-775.16%	-4.37%

Which has better valuation & earnings, KOS or WTI?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy	$1.55B	0.64	$213.52M	-$0.03	-69.33
W&T Offshore	$514.34M	0.56	$15.60M	-$0.72	-2.69

Is KOS or WTI a better dividend stock?

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.1810 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Kosmos Energy pays out -603.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W&T Offshore pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kosmos Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, KOS or WTI?

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats W&T Offshore on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.