Kosmos Energy Valuation

Is KOS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KOS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KOS ($3.62) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($5.36)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KOS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KOS?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

KOS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA3.6x
PEG Ratio-4.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KOS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KOS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.6x
KRP Kimbell Royalty Partners
37.1x38.3%US$1.5b
DMLP Dorchester Minerals
11.6xn/aUS$1.3b
VTLE Vital Energy
3.8x20.7%US$945.7m
CPE Callon Petroleum
5.9x3.2%US$2.4b
KOS Kosmos Energy
7.8x2.2%US$1.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KOS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the peer average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KOS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KOS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the US Oil and Gas industry average (10.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KOS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KOS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.6x
Fair PE Ratio9.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KOS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KOS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$3.62
US$7.09
+96.0%
22.1%US$9.50US$5.00n/a8
Oct ’25US$4.26
US$7.16
+68.0%
22.0%US$9.50US$5.00n/a8
Sep ’25US$4.87
US$7.91
+62.4%
19.8%US$10.50US$5.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$5.28
US$7.91
+49.8%
19.8%US$10.50US$5.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$5.57
US$8.26
+48.2%
13.1%US$10.50US$7.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$6.10
US$8.40
+37.7%
14.6%US$10.50US$7.00n/a7
May ’25US$5.59
US$8.34
+49.2%
15.1%US$10.50US$7.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$5.86
US$8.34
+42.4%
15.1%US$10.50US$7.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$6.25
US$8.40
+34.4%
14.6%US$10.50US$7.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$5.96
US$9.25
+55.2%
8.8%US$10.50US$8.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$6.71
US$9.44
+40.7%
8.4%US$10.50US$8.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$6.73
US$9.88
+46.8%
17.2%US$14.00US$8.00n/a8
Nov ’24US$7.30
US$9.87
+35.3%
14.3%US$13.00US$8.50US$3.687
Oct ’24US$8.18
US$10.00
+22.3%
15.7%US$13.00US$8.50US$4.268
Sep ’24US$7.54
US$9.75
+29.3%
16.0%US$13.00US$8.50US$4.879
Aug ’24US$7.17
US$9.84
+37.2%
16.8%US$13.00US$8.00US$5.288
Jul ’24US$5.99
US$10.09
+68.4%
17.4%US$13.00US$8.00US$5.577
Jun ’24US$6.19
US$9.45
+52.7%
24.9%US$13.00US$5.01US$6.108
May ’24US$6.39
US$9.81
+53.6%
25.2%US$14.00US$5.01US$5.598
Apr ’24US$7.44
US$9.70
+30.4%
24.0%US$14.00US$5.01US$5.868
Mar ’24US$7.72
US$9.54
+23.5%
22.7%US$14.00US$5.01US$6.2510
Feb ’24US$7.78
US$9.52
+22.3%
23.9%US$14.00US$5.01US$5.969
Jan ’24US$6.36
US$9.17
+44.1%
20.9%US$12.00US$5.01US$6.719
Dec ’23US$6.25
US$9.17
+46.7%
20.9%US$12.00US$5.01US$6.739
Nov ’23US$6.66
US$9.18
+37.8%
21.8%US$12.00US$5.01US$7.309

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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