Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Has $191,000 Stake in Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS)

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) by 18.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 34,446 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,300 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Kosmos Energy were worth $191,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in KOS. Moors & Cabot Inc. lifted its stake in Kosmos Energy by 29.6% during the second quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 363,000 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,011,000 after purchasing an additional 83,000 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its position in shares of Kosmos Energy by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,462,835 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $8,104,000 after acquiring an additional 4,395 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Kosmos Energy by 26.6% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 341,300 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,891,000 after acquiring an additional 71,632 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Kosmos Energy by 13.5% in the 2nd quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 13,620,854 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $75,460,000 after buying an additional 1,624,495 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qsemble Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Kosmos Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $95,000. 95.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on KOS shares. Mizuho began coverage on Kosmos Energy in a report on Thursday, September 19th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $5.00 target price for the company. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $8.00 target price on shares of Kosmos Energy in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Bank of America cut their price objective on shares of Kosmos Energy from $8.15 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their target price on shares of Kosmos Energy from $7.00 to $5.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $7.47.

Kosmos Energy Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of KOS stock opened at $4.03 on Tuesday. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has a 52-week low of $3.69 and a 52-week high of $8.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.27, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.73. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $4.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $5.39. The company has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.76, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 2.42.

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $450.94 million for the quarter. Kosmos Energy had a net margin of 13.56% and a return on equity of 40.16%. Research analysts anticipate that Kosmos Energy Ltd. will post 0.18 EPS for the current fiscal 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.