KOS vs. ENOG, HBR, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, EGY, TTE, YCA, WG, and TGA
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), VAALCO Energy (EGY), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), and Thungela Resources (TGA). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Energean (LON:ENOG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 28.15%. Energean has a consensus target price of GBX 1,320, suggesting a potential upside of 11.03%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Energean.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 95 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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. Energean pays out 11,445.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
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 1.38 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.52 indicating that Energean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 has a net margin of 13.03% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.85%. Energean's return on equity of 27.68% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energean has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
96.6% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Energean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Energean beats Kosmos Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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