Kosmos Energy Ltd.
$2.180.0%YTD+138.7%1Y+16.6%
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What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KOS.
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
OPEC+ production discipline and US shale plateau dynamics keep oil supported, but a potential US-Iran peace deal is pricing in geopolitical risk reduction — an outcome that compresses the upside price optionality that E&Ps have been pricing. Capital allocation to Permian Basin and LNG export infrastructure remains the structural investment thesis.
Industry benchmark
10-name peer basket
+23.6%YTD
+1370.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-1.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
0.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
1.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
-6.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
0.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
-110%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
11.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
5.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$-0.07$0.08-191.3%
Q4 2025Mar 2, 2026$-0.16$-0.13-25.0%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$-0.15$-0.14-10.3%
Q2 2025Aug 4, 2025$-0.19$-0.06-216.7%
Next earningsMon, Aug 3·consensus EPS $0.10
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$421.7M+45.3%35.9%29.4%$-0.45$19.5M
Q4 FY25$297.4M-25.2%-51.0%-57.0%$-0.79$-35.0M
Q3 FY25$311.2M-23.7%52.5%30.7%$-0.26$-98.9M
Q2 FY25$392.6M-12.9%-0.4%-6.3%$-0.18$44.6M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.7B$1.6B – $1.8B$0.30$0.27 – $0.347
FY27$1.6B$1.4B – $1.8B$0.25$0.22 – $0.2811
FY28$1.6B$1.6B – $1.7B$0.31-$0.34 – $1.139
FY29$1.7B$1.6B – $1.9B$0.45$0.41 – $0.514
FY30$1.7B$1.5B – $1.8B$0.50$0.45 – $0.564
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.3.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.54%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-22.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+10.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatHigh float · 488.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today8.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.675-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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