VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer KOS or EGY?

Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 144.00%. VAALCO Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 685, suggesting a potential upside of 71.25%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kosmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KOS or EGY?

Kosmos Energy received 71 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kosmos Energy	Outperform Votes 83 74.11%	Underperform Votes 29 25.89%
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 12 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer KOS or EGY?

In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy	Positive
VAALCO Energy	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KOS or EGY?

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KOS or EGY more profitable?

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 13.56%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 25.25% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy	13.56%	25.25%	6.82%
VAALCO Energy	17.82%	18.19%	12.17%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KOS or EGY?

98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KOS or EGY a better dividend stock?

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kosmos Energy pays out 3,414.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation and earnings, KOS or EGY?

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, 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	£1.90B	0.62	£258.32M	£0.41	609.76
VAALCO Energy	£482.36M	0.86	£85.04M	£0.61	655.74

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.