Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS) vs Kimbell Royalty (KRP)

Kosmos Energy Ltd. and Kimbell Royalty are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. Kimbell Royalty is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $1.6B — 1.3× the size. Kosmos Energy Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Kimbell Royalty trades at 19.4×. Kosmos Energy Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.13% against 6.17%. Kimbell Royalty has the higher net margin (23.0% vs −34.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.76% vs 2.91%). Across the 20 metrics below, Kimbell Royalty leads on 15 and Kosmos Energy Ltd. on 5.

Valuation

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E n/m 19.38 11.01
P/S 1.03 4.60 1.98
P/B 2.34 2.34 1.30
Price to free cash flow 14.83 8.12 10.68
EV/EBITDA 6.12 7.64 5.09
EV/Sales 2.63 5.87 2.63
Earnings yield (42.81%) 5.16% 5.78%
Free cash flow yield 6.74% 12.32% 4.91%

Profitability

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 47.27% 100.00% 80.41%
Operating margin 9.48% 40.15% 21.39%
Net margin (33.98%) 23.03% 14.17%
Free cash flow margin 6.97% 56.63% 8.18%
Return on equity (62.95%) 11.97% 10.05%
Return on assets (11.39%) 6.02% 5.81%
Return on invested capital 2.91% 7.76% 6.32%

Growth

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.13% 6.17% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (467.50%) 616.67% (10.50%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.58% 29.84% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 3.79 0.72 0.28
Current ratio 0.59 7.30 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA 10.18 1.53 0.89

Dividend

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — 9.83% 3.29%
Payout ratio — 1.90 0.35

Size

Metric KOS KRP Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 1.60b 2.05b 1.04b

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