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Kosmos Energy (KOS) Competitors

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GBX 136.10 -4.90 (-3.48%)
As of 10:22 AM Eastern

KOS vs. BPT, GPOR, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, RLD, and BRY

Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD), and Brady (BRY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Kosmos Energy vs.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kosmos Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.22%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group16.74% 6.10% 3.47%
Kosmos Energy 12.22%19.64%6.82%

Bridgepoint Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 359.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.52%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kosmos Energy received 71 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bridgepoint GroupOutperform Votes
12
80.00%
Underperform Votes
3
20.00%
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
83
74.11%
Underperform Votes
29
25.89%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bridgepoint Group£272.35M7.87£45.58M£5.5047.12
Kosmos Energy£2.32B0.36£283.21M£35.613.82

In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Kosmos Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Bridgepoint Group and Kosmos Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KOS vs. The Competition

MetricKosmos EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£833.81M£1.28B£7.09B£2.52B
Dividend Yield18.49%8.28%10.99%4.96%
P/E Ratio3.82191.7347.94131.73
Price / Sales0.36101,088.1922,905.56238,268.04
Price / Cash9.6590.9935.4428.02
Price / Book0.541.363.444.47
Net Income£283.21M£81.38M£4.29B£5.81B
7 Day Performance4.69%0.39%2.12%1.56%
1 Month Performance-24.73%-6.20%-6.03%5.40%
1 Year Performance-71.82%20.99%143.92%101.20%

Kosmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 136.10
-3.5%
N/AN/A£833.81M£2.32B3.82240Gap Down
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.6038 of 5 stars
GBX 266.80
+6.0%
GBX 359.33
+34.7%
+13.6%£2.20B£272.35M48.47391News Coverage
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 867
+0.5%
N/A-16.7%£552.90M£945.01M3.591,603Dividend Announcement
IMO
IMImobile
N/AN/AN/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 326.98
+3.8%
N/AN/A£149.18M£897.99M2.90340Gap Up
STR
Stride Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.95M£78.21M-25.2510
D4H
Downing FOUR VCT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£75.57MN/A950.004
MUR
Murgitroyd Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£62.37M£47.97M20.30690
RLD
Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£29.09M£19,000.00-2.602,730Gap Down
BRY
Brady
N/AN/AN/AN/A£15.17M£22.16M-4.921,370Gap Up
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This page (LON:KOS) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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