First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. Purchases Shares of 10,097 Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS)

First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 10,097 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock, valued at approximately $68,000.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its position in Kosmos Energy by 1.5% during the third quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 130,967 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,071,000 after buying an additional 1,879 shares during the period. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 13.0% during the 3rd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 22,958 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $188,000 after acquiring an additional 2,637 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its position in Kosmos Energy by 25.4% during the 3rd quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 15,888 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $130,000 after acquiring an additional 3,221 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Kosmos Energy by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 205,527 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $1,379,000 after purchasing an additional 4,057 shares during the period. Finally, Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Kosmos Energy in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.33% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Kosmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 15th. TheStreet downgraded shares of Kosmos Energy from a “b” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Monday, February 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $9.63.

Kosmos Energy Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE KOS opened at $6.01 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.30. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has a 12 month low of $5.23 and a 12 month high of $8.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.83 billion, a PE ratio of 13.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 2.36.

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 26th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.08. Kosmos Energy had a net margin of 12.55% and a return on equity of 39.94%. The company had revenue of $507.81 million during the quarter. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.23 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Kosmos Energy Ltd. will post 0.75 earnings per share for the current year.

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.