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KOS vs SHEL
Side-by-side comparison of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS) and Shell PLC (SHEL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both KOS and SHEL operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
- SHEL is the larger of the two at $248.42B, about 187.0x KOS ($1.33B).
- Over the past year, KOS is up 10.9% and SHEL is up 24.3% - SHEL leads by 13.4 points.
- SHEL has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for KOS).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Kosmos Energy Ltd., a deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company, focuses along the Atlantic Margins. The company's primary assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. It also maintains a proven basin exploration program. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Shell PLC
Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such ase low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services, as well as electricity storage. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Latest KOS
- Kosmos Energy to Host Second Quarter 2026 Results and Webcast on August 3, 2026
- Chairman and CEO Inglis Andrew G was granted 221,171 shares and sold $176,167 worth of shares (85,935 units at $2.05), increasing direct ownership by 3% to 4,678,043 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding obligation)
- SVP and CFO Shah Nealesh D. was granted 118,329 shares and sold $94,259 worth of shares (45,980 units at $2.05), increasing direct ownership by 4% to 1,935,410 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- SVP and General Counsel Marion Josh R. was granted 64,248 shares and sold $51,186 worth of shares (24,969 units at $2.05), increasing direct ownership by 20% to 233,404 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- VP & Chief Accounting Officer Glass Ronald W. was granted 31,196 shares and sold $24,862 worth of shares (12,128 units at $2.05), increasing direct ownership by 6% to 358,700 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- Kosmos Energy Provides Operational Update
- SEC Form SD filed by Kosmos Energy Ltd.
- Kosmos Energy Ltd. filed SEC Form 8-K: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Kosmos Energy Announces Completion of Sale of Equatorial Guinea Production Assets to Panoro Energy
- Director Grant John Douglas Kelso covered exercise/tax liability with 735 shares, sold $118,662 worth of shares (43,466 units at $2.73) and was granted 62,044 shares, increasing direct ownership by 14% to 144,355 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
Latest SHEL
- Transaction in Own Shares
- SEC Form CERT filed by Shell PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Shell PLC
- Shell plc Announces Final Results of Exchange Offers
- SEC Form SD filed by Shell PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Shell PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Shell PLC
- Shell second quarter 2026 update note
- Director/PDMR Shareholding
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Shell PLC