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After finishing at $5.83 in the prior trading day, Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE: KOS) closed at $5.95, up 2.06%. In other words, the price has increased by $2.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.63 million shares were traded. KOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.98 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.75.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of KOS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.49 and its Current Ratio is at 0.76. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.33.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Stifel on November 20, 2023, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $10.
On October 17, 2023, Bernstein Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform which previously was Outperform and also lowered its target price recommendation from $12 to $9.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on September 27, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $8.70 to $10.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 06 ’24 when INGLIS ANDREW G sold 177,430 shares for $5.66 per share. The transaction valued at 1,003,917 led to the insider holds 3,376,816 shares of the business.
Ball Christopher James sold 121,915 shares of KOS for $689,807 on Feb 06 ’24. The SVP, Chief Commercial Officer now owns 1,409,244 shares after completing the transaction at $5.66 per share. On Feb 06 ’24, another insider, Shah Nealesh D., who serves as the SVP and CFO of the company, sold 90,454 shares for $5.66 each. As a result, the insider received 511,798 and left with 1,230,830 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KOS now has a Market Capitalization of 2805442816 and an Enterprise Value of 5119077376. As of this moment, Kosmos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.66. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.56. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.009 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.511.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, KOS has reached a high of $8.28, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.23. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.20%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.66%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 8.13M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5326040 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 471.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 460.82M. Insiders hold about 2.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.99% stake in the company. Shares short for KOS as of 1711584000 were 38620090 with a Short Ratio of 4.75, compared to 1709164800 on 25820098. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 38620090 and a Short% of Float of 9.7799994.
