Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) has a beta value of 1.41 and has seen 0.64 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.07B, closed the recent trade at $2.24 per share which meant it lost -$0.01 on the day or -0.60% during that session. The KOS stock price is -193.75% off its 52-week high price of $6.58 and 7.59% above the 52-week low of $2.07. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 9.53 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 9.17 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 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 -0.11.
Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) trade information
Sporting -0.60% in the red today, 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 $2.24 or saw a rise of 5.49%. Year-to-date, Kosmos Energy Ltd shares have moved -34.61%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.42%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE:KOS) have changed -5.23%. Short interest in the company has seen 46.92 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.18.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5.3, which means that the shares’ value could jump 57.74% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $5.0 while the price target rests at a high of $5.6. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -150.0% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -123.21% from the levels at last check today.
Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -44.50% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 3.69%.
2 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 338.23M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 439.97M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 419.14M and 450.94M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -19.30% for the current quarter and 3.69% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -80.50% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 0.37%.
KOS Dividends
Kosmos Energy Ltd is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-23 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 2.18% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 96.11% with a share float percentage of 98.25%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Kosmos Energy Ltd having a total of 368.0 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 10.0551% 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 8.2472% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are GMO TRUST-GMO Resources Fund and Advisor Managed Portfolios-Patient Opportunity Trust. As of Nov 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 4.76% shares in the company for having 22.74 shares of worth $50.6 million while later fund manager owns 13.5 shares of worth $30.04 million as of Dec 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.82% of company’s outstanding stock.
