Peel Hunt Reaffirms “Hold” Rating for Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS)

Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reissued by stock analysts at Peel Hunt in a report issued on Monday,London Stock Exchange reports. They presently have a GBX 210 price objective on the stock. Peel Hunt’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 202.16% from the company’s current price.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of Kosmos Energy from GBX 270 to GBX 220 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 215.

Kosmos Energy Trading Down 9.7%

KOS stock traded down GBX 7.50 during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 69.50. 14,726 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 30,421. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 89.46 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 120.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 224.91, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.75. Kosmos Energy has a 1 year low of GBX 63 and a 1 year high of GBX 322. The firm has a market capitalization of £332.44 million, a PE ratio of -0.99, a P/E/G ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 2.43.

About Kosmos Energy

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.