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Forensic Analysis · Upstream Exploration & Production · as of Nov 8, 2026

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS)

A forensic read on Kosmos Energy Ltd. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
-2.2
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
1
Forensic signals
-80.9%
ROE
-23.1%
Revenue growth

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Kosmos Energy Ltd. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads -2.2, placing it in the Distress zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

-7.4%
FY2025
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is -7.4% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2023–FY2025 from 7.1%. After-tax operating profit was $304M in FY2023 and ($325M) in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $4.3B in FY2023 to $4.4B in FY2025 (+3%), while the revenue it carried went from $1.7B to $1.3B.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$1.29B
Revenue Growth YoY-23.1%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)-13.0%
Net Margin-54.3%
Return on Equity-80.9%
Debt / Equity5.78x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 8, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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