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Kosmos Energy (KOS) Competitors

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$3.89 -0.22 (-5.35%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

KOS vs. MTDR, SM, CRK, EGY, SD, BRY, WTI, PHX, COP, and EOG

Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), Berry (BRY), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), and EOG Resources (EOG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

Kosmos Energy vs.

Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.1810 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Matador Resources pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kosmos Energy pays out 41.1% 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.

92.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Matador Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Matador Resources and 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.91 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Matador Resources
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kosmos Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Matador Resources received 191 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.81% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 64.69% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Matador ResourcesOutperform Votes
715
72.81%
Underperform Votes
267
27.19%
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
524
64.69%
Underperform Votes
286
35.31%

Matador Resources presently has a consensus price target of $74.92, suggesting a potential upside of 30.23%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus price target of $6.60, suggesting a potential upside of 69.67%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Matador Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Matador Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Matador Resources has a beta of 3.26, suggesting that its share price is 226% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Matador Resources$2.81B2.56$846.07M$7.557.62
Kosmos Energy$1.79B1.03$213.52M$0.448.84

Matador Resources has a net margin of 27.45% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.21%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 31.08% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Matador Resources27.45% 20.01% 10.67%
Kosmos Energy 12.21%31.08%6.53%

Summary

Matador Resources beats Kosmos Energy on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KOS vs. The Competition

MetricKosmos EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.84B$8.41B$8.78B$19.83B
Dividend YieldN/A23.75%11.68%3.50%
P/E Ratio8.8410.9012.0241.76
Price / Sales1.0310.77121.6520.68
Price / Cash2.147.039.9521.65
Price / Book1.531.723.334.66
Net Income$213.52M$1.19B$957.26M$983.45M
7 Day Performance7.46%-0.40%4.55%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-6.60%8.07%0.84%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-42.88%-1.18%421.71%24.69%

Kosmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOS
Kosmos Energy
4.2577 of 5 stars
$3.89
-5.4%
$6.60
+69.7%
-42.9%$1.84B$1.79B8.84243Analyst Upgrade
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.4719 of 5 stars
$57.22
-0.1%
N/A+2.4%$7.14B$3.33B7.58290Positive News
SM
SM Energy
4.3606 of 5 stars
$43.45
-1.3%
N/A+18.9%$4.97B$2.37B6.07540Positive News
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.0484 of 5 stars
$14.04
-1.4%
N/A+24.4%$4.10B$1.30B-78.00251
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.4424 of 5 stars
$5.43
-1.8%
N/A+25.5%$563.32M$489.61M6.70120Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
SD
SandRidge Energy
2.4486 of 5 stars
$11.73
-0.9%
N/A-20.2%$436.15M$120.24M9.16100Short Interest ↑
BRY
Berry
4.6586 of 5 stars
$4.33
-4.4%
N/A-36.8%$333.15M$806.73M4.011,282Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WTI
W&T Offshore
2.2379 of 5 stars
$2.05
-1.4%
N/A-45.1%$301.06M$558.29M-4.77395
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.864 of 5 stars
$3.34
-0.3%
N/A+12.8%$125.18M$44.46M25.6920News Coverage
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.7171 of 5 stars
$110.64
-1.3%
N/A+0.3%$127.34B$55.24B13.169,900News Coverage
Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
3.6105 of 5 stars
$133.10
flat
N/A+11.5%$75.68B$24.19B10.723,050Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:KOS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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