KOS vs. CRK, SBOW, SM, SWN, MTDR, RRC, BSM, AESI, TALO, and CNX
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Comstock Resources (CRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), SM Energy (SM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comstock Resources currently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.52%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 63.83%. Given Comstock Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
Comstock Resources has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Comstock Resources' net margin of 12.55%. Comstock Resources' return on equity of 39.94% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Kosmos Energy's score of -0.12 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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