At the time of writing, Kosmos Energy Ltd [KOS] stock is trading at $4.27, up 0.23%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The KOS shares have gain 8.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.53%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Kosmos Energy Ltd [NYSE: KOS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 19, 2024, when Mizuho initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $5. Previously, Stifel started tracking the stock with Buy rating on November 20, 2023, and set its price target to $10. On October 17, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform and revised its price target to $9 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $10 on September 27, 2023. Redburn initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $9 as its price target on July 20, 2023. Peel Hunt started tracking with a Add rating for this stock on March 10, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $8.94. In a note dated February 28, 2023, BofA Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $10 to $9.60.
For the past year, the stock price of Kosmos Energy Ltd fluctuated between $3.69 and $8.23. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $11 within the next 12 months. Kosmos Energy Ltd [NYSE: KOS] shares were valued at $4.27 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 157.61% based on the average KOS price forecast.
Analyzing the KOS fundamentals
According to Kosmos Energy Ltd [NYSE:KOS], the company’s sales were 1.92B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 64.44% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.5% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.27.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 4.20 points at the first support level, and at 4.14 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 4.38, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 4.50.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Kosmos Energy Ltd [NYSE:KOS] has a current ratio of 0.73. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.50, while the Cash Ratio is 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.05, the price to book ratio is 1.76 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Shah Nealesh D., SVP and CFO, that happened on Feb 05 ’24 when 93267.0 shares were sold. SVP and CFO, Shah Nealesh D. completed a deal on Feb 06 ’24 to sell 90454.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chairman and CEO INGLIS ANDREW G sold 0.18 million shares on Feb 05 ’24.
