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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 $248.15B, about 148.9x KOS ($1.67B).
  • Over the past year, KOS is up 42.3% and SHEL is up 25.1% - KOS leads by 17.1 points.
  • KOS has been more active in the news (11 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for SHEL).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceKOS+42.28%SHEL+25.14%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricKOSSHEL
Company
Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Shell PLC
Price
$2.81-7.41%
$85.39-1.56%
Market cap
$1.67B
$248.15B
1M return
-2.60%
-2.05%
1Y return
+42.28%
+25.14%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2011
2022
News (4w)
11
9
Recent ratings
25
25
KOS

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.

SHEL

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.

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