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Kosmos Energy Ltd. KOS

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$1.3B
▼ 23.1% YoY
$-699.8M
▼ 468.6% YoY

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In brief

What this company does

Kosmos Energy Ltd. produces oil and gas from assets offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal, and the Gulf of America. As of December 31, 2025, it had 216 employees, with 175 based in the United States and 41 in its foreign offices. Kosmos was founded in 2003 to find oil and gas in under-explored or overlooked parts of West Africa. It discovered the Jubilee Field offshore Ghana in 2007 and the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Field, comprising the Ahmeyim and Guembeul discoveries offshore Mauritania and Senegal, in 2015 and 2016, respectively. It acquired the Ceiba Field and Okume Complex assets offshore Equatorial Guinea in 2017 and acquired Deep Gulf Energy, a deepwater company operating in the Gulf of America, in 2018.

Written from the business description in KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 2 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 1.3B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 1.3 · Net income -0.7
1.00B2.00B-0.25B-0.50B
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−16.9%
+9.9%
+10.6%
+38.9%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +9.9% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−54 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating -49.3% · Net -54.3%
-200%-400%-600%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -80.9%
10%20%30%-50%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Return on capital employedNot available: we don't have a clean operating profit figure for this period.

Each USD of equity lost 81 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 0.00
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $B
FY2024 · FCF 0.7
0.50B1.00B-0.25B-0.50B
200920172025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 0.0 · Net buybacks ·
100M200M
20122014201620182020202220242025

Total assetsUSD 4.7B
EquityUSD 528.6M
CashUSD 91.5M
Gross debtUSD 3.1B
Net debtUSD 3.0B
Current ratio0.75×

Net debt stands at 560% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
KOS, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B1.31.71.72.21.30.81.50.90.60.30.50.90.90.70.70.00.0
Operating income $B−0.60.30.40.3−0.0−0.40.0−0.1−0.2−0.30.10.6◌◌◌◌◌
EBITDA $B−0.10.80.80.80.40.10.60.30.1−0.10.30.8◌◌◌◌◌
Income tax $B0.10.20.20.10.0−0.00.10.00.0−0.00.20.30.20.10.1−0.10.0
Net income $B−0.70.20.20.2−0.1−0.4−0.1−0.1−0.2−0.3−0.10.3−0.1−0.1−0.0−0.3−0.1
Free cash flow $B◌0.70.81.1−0.1−0.10.2−0.10.2−0.6◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
EPS, diluted $−1.470.400.440.48−0.19−1.02−0.14−0.23−0.57−0.74−0.180.72−0.24−0.180.09◌◌
Dividend / sh $◌◌◌◌◌0.050.180.000.00◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Payout %−0000−1−5−130−0−0————————
ROE %−80.917.023.534.4−16.1−64.2−6.3−10.2−22.5−23.6−5.224.0−9.0−6.5———

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 1 failure in 64 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 16 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Four checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2011.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency1 failure
ActivityCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2009

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