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Kosmos Energy Ltd (NYSE: KOS) closed the day trading at $1.65 down -8.84% from the previous closing price of $1.81. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9.78 million shares were traded. KOS stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.86 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.63.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KOS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.46 and its Current Ratio is at 0.75. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.30.
On September 19, 2024, Mizuho started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $5.Mizuho initiated its Neutral rating on September 19, 2024, with a $5 target price.
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 05 ’25 when Glass Ronald W. sold 10,354 shares for $3.12 per share. The transaction valued at 32,304 led to the insider holds 299,498 shares of the business.
Glass Ronald W. sold 10,379 shares of KOS for $32,279 on Feb 04 ’25. The VP & Chief Accounting Officer now owns 309,852 shares after completing the transaction at $3.11 per share. On Feb 05 ’25, another insider, Marion Josh R., who serves as the SVP and General Counsel of the company, sold 10,354 shares for $3.12 each. As a result, the insider received 32,304 and left with 151,324 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 788543232 and an Enterprise Value of 3463843584. As of this moment, Kosmos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.18, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 29.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.47 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.067 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.883.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KOS is 1.47, which has changed by -0.72906405 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07019031 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KOS has reached a high of $6.58, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.38. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -33.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -56.66%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KOS traded about 10.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KOS traded about 14200260 shares per day. A total of 471.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 457.69M. Insiders hold about 4.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.88% stake in the company. Shares short for KOS as of 1743379200 were 46955530 with a Short Ratio of 4.69, compared to 1740700800 on 49082464. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 46955530 and a Short% of Float of 12.979999000000001.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0