Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) Insider Sells £2,094.75 in Stock

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (LON:KOS) insider John Grant sold 735 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 285, for a total value of £2,094.75.

Kosmos Energy Trading Down 5.8%

KOS stock traded down GBX 12 during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 195. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10 shares, compared to its average volume of 36,118. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has a 1 year low of GBX 63 and a 1 year high of GBX 248. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.33, a PEG ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 0.66. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 211.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 144.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 579.29, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.60.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 210 price target on shares of Kosmos Energy in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 210.

Kosmos Energy Company Profile

Kosmos Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas along the Atlantic Margins in the United States. The company's primary assets include production projects located in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as gas projects located in offshore Mauritania and Senegal. It undertakes a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos Energy Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.