Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Has $1.97 Million Position in Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS)

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH increased its position in shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) by 96.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 574,810 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after purchasing an additional 282,000 shares during the period. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH owned approximately 0.12% of Kosmos Energy worth $1,966,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. lifted its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 7.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 28,245,415 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $113,828,000 after purchasing an additional 1,933,216 shares during the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 21,141,815 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $85,202,000 after purchasing an additional 1,588,990 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,580,979 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $42,650,000 after acquiring an additional 68,339 shares in the last quarter. Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 29.4% in the 3rd quarter. Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC now owns 8,203,501 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $33,060,000 after acquiring an additional 1,863,966 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in Kosmos Energy by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 6,868,689 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $27,681,000 after acquiring an additional 199,317 shares in the last quarter. 95.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Mizuho dropped their price objective on Kosmos Energy from $5.00 to $4.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, December 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price objective on Kosmos Energy from $5.00 to $4.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Benchmark dropped their price objective on Kosmos Energy from $8.00 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $5.60 price objective on shares of Kosmos Energy in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Kosmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5.52.

Kosmos Energy Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of KOS stock opened at $3.45 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.83, a P/E/G ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.43. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has a twelve month low of $2.62 and a twelve month high of $6.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.25. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $3.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4.21.

Kosmos Energy Profile

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.