KOS vs. ENOG, HBR, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, TTE, YCA, WG, TGA, and AT Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Energean (ENOG), Harbour Energy (HBR), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), Thungela Resources (TGA), and Ashtead Technology (AT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Energean (LON:ENOG ) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS ) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Energean received 19 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.93% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Energean. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 1 mentions for Energean. Energean's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energean has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.8% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Energean shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Energean. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energean, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energean presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,320, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 28.69%. Given Energean's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Energean.
Energean has a net margin of 13.03% compared to Energean's net margin of 12.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 27.68% beat Energean's return on equity.
Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 95 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Energean pays out 11,585.4% 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 3,783.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary Energean beats Kosmos Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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