Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS): What Are The Positives?

Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) has a beta value of 2.45 and has seen 12.56 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.67B, closed the last trade at $3.62 per share which meant it lost -$0.06 on the day or -1.63% during that session. The KOS stock price is -112.15% off its 52-week high price of $7.68 and -0.83% below the 52-week low of $3.65. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 7.16 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.22 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.40. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 1 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.08.

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Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) trade information

Sporting -1.63% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the KOS stock price touched $3.62 or saw a rise of 8.82%. Year-to-date, Kosmos Energy Ltd shares have moved -46.05%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -9.05%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) have changed -19.73%. Short interest in the company has seen 45.43 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.69.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $8, which means that the shares’ value could jump 54.75% from current levels. The projected low price target is $5.0 while the price target rests at a high of $11.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -203.87% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -38.12% from current levels.

Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Kosmos Energy Ltd shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -38.33% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -41.77%, compared to -5.50% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 32.30%.

3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 407.25M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 451.03M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 526.35M and 400.92M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -22.60% for the current quarter and 32.30% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -35.68% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 23.80%.

KOS Dividends

Kosmos Energy Ltd is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS)’s Major holders

Insiders own 2.11% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 99.48% with a share float percentage of 101.63%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Kosmos Energy Ltd having a total of 383.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 47.42 million shares worth more than $262.71 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 10.1315% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is FMR LLC, with the holding of over 38.89 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $215.47 million and represent 8.3099% of shares outstanding.