Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Purchases 282,000 Shares of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS)

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH raised its stake in Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) by 96.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 574,810 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after buying an additional 282,000 shares during the period. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Kosmos Energy were worth $1,966,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its position in shares of Kosmos Energy by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 28,245,415 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $113,828,000 after buying an additional 1,933,216 shares during the last quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Kosmos Energy by 8.1% in the 3rd quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 21,141,815 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $85,202,000 after buying an additional 1,588,990 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 68,339 shares during the last quarter. Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 1,863,966 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 199,317 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.33% of the company’s stock.

Kosmos Energy Stock Down 1.0 %

KOS stock opened at $3.45 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $3.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $4.21. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $2.62 and a fifty-two week high of $6.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.25, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.75. The company has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.43.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Kosmos Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $5.60 target price on shares of Kosmos Energy in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Benchmark cut their target price on Kosmos Energy from $8.00 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their target price on Kosmos Energy from $5.00 to $4.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Mizuho cut their target price on Kosmos Energy from $5.00 to $4.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $5.52.

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.