KOS vs. RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, SBOW, EGY, BRY, SD, and WTI
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), and W&T Offshore (WTI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) 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 media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Range Resources and 6 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Range Resources' score of 0.95 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Range Resources received 501 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Range Resources has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.32% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 57.92%. Range Resources has a consensus price target of $37.10, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
Summary
Range Resources beats Kosmos Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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