Kosmos Energy Ltd.
boothcheck covers Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Kosmos is a deepwater oil and gas producer spread across four basins, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal, and the Gulf of America, with Ghana alone carrying roughly half the production weight and the new Mauritania/Senegal LNG project the swing factor. • The balance sheet is the whole story: net debt near $2.77 billion against only about $130 million of liquid cash, and trailing operating profit is negative, so the equity at $2.45 is a thin sliver sitting on top of a large pile o
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250 institutional managers reported holding KOS in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 85% of the company; the top 10 hold 43%. 78 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, State Street, D. E. Shaw, among others. On the short side, 31.5M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (3.1 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KOS's share count grew 24% over the past five years. It pays no dividend.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at KOS over the trailing three years: 2026: 4 buys totaling $7.00M. 12 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
KOS's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-08 | -0.8% | +3.2% |
| 2023-11-07 | -11.4% | -1.0% |
| 2024-02-27 | 0.0% | -4.9% |
| 2024-05-08 | +2.4% | -7.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
KOS's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-22 (items 2.01, 9.01); 2026-05-28 (items 5.07); 2026-05-05 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-03-12 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-03-02 (items 2.01, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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