Kosmos Energy KOS
NYSE KOS
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Kosmos Energy (KOS) Operating Margin (2011 - 2018)

Kosmos Energy (KOS) posted Operating Margin of 92.09% for Q2 2018, up 3.48% sequentially from 95.41% in Q1 2018, and down 8777.0% YoY from 1.06% in Q2 2017.

Kosmos Energy (KOS) Operating Margin (2011 - 2018) Analysis & Trends

Kosmos Energy has reported Operating Margin for 8 years, with the latest figure at 92.09% in Q2 2018.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 8777.0% year-over-year to 92.09% in Q2 2018, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2018 was 86.87% (down 5218.0% YoY) and the FY2017 annual result came in at 60.16%, up 16758.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin improved to 92.09% in Q2 2018 per KOS's latest filing, from 95.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 118.94% in Q4 2014 and troughed at 342.74% in Q2 2016.
  • A 5-year average of 42.24% and a median of 52.72% in 2015 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2016 and 2017: Operating Margin plunged 28525 bps in 2016, then jumped 33842 bps in 2017.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 118.94% in 2014, then slumped by 75 bps to 29.63% in 2015, then slumped by 262 bps to 47.95% in 2016, then tumbled by 87 bps to 89.64% in 2017, then decreased by 3 bps to 92.09% in 2018.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 92.09%, 95.41%, and 89.64% for Q2 2018, Q1 2018, and Q4 2017 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 164.44 Bn 156.75 Bn 12.81 Bn 53.17%
2 Canadian Natural Resources 106.98 Bn 105.09 Bn 10.66 Bn 84.71%
3 Eog Resources 80.47 Bn 75.56 Bn - 40.93%
4 Diamondback Energy 59.28 Bn 58.82 Bn 5.55 Bn 45.16%
5 Woodside Energy 46.13 Bn 40.18 Bn 6.02 Bn 91.41%
6 Devon Energy 46.12 Bn 45.11 Bn 6.02 Bn 32.14%
7 Occidental Petroleum 39.25 Bn 35.10 Bn 7.73 Bn 39.52%
8 Eqt 33.67 Bn 33.56 Bn 1.42 Bn 21.77%
9 Texas Pacific Land 26.50 Bn 26.25 Bn - 77.96%
10 Kosmos Energy 1.76 Bn 1.64 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2018 -92.09%
Mar 31, 2018 -95.41%
Dec 31, 2017 -89.64%
Sep 30, 2017 -68.83%
Jun 30, 2017 -4.32%
Mar 31, 2017 -17.47%
Dec 31, 2016 -47.95%
Sep 30, 2016 -98.81%
Jun 30, 2016 -342.74%
Mar 31, 2016 -145.51%
Dec 31, 2015 29.63%
Sep 30, 2015 104.20%
Jun 30, 2015 -57.49%
Mar 31, 2015 -64.36%
Dec 31, 2014 118.94%
Sep 30, 2014 30.71%
Jun 30, 2014 34.74%
Mar 31, 2014 46.16%
Dec 31, 2013 13.35%
Sep 30, 2013 -20.01%