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CNQ vs KOS

Side-by-side comparison of Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNQ) and Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CNQ and KOS operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CNQ is the larger of the two at $95.33B, about 57.2x KOS ($1.67B).
  • Over the past year, CNQ is up 44.6% and KOS is up 42.3% - CNQ leads by 2.3 points.
  • KOS has hit the wire 11 times in the past 4 weeks while CNQ has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCNQ+44.56%KOS+42.28%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCNQKOS
Company
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Price
$45.71-4.05%
$2.81-7.41%
Market cap
$95.33B
$1.67B
1M return
+0.18%
-2.60%
1Y return
+44.56%
+42.28%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2011
News (4w)
0
11
Recent ratings
25
25
CNQ

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers synthetic crude oil (SCO), light and medium crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), primary heavy crude oil, and Pelican Lake heavy crude oil. Its midstream assets include two crude oil pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose. As of December 31, 2020, the company had total proved crude oil, bitumen, SCO, and NGLs reserves were 10,528 million barrels (MMbbl); total proved plus probable crude oil, bitumen, SCO, and NGLs reserves were 13,271 MMbbl; proved natural gas reserves were 9,465 billion cubic feet (Bcf); and total proved plus probable natural gas reserves were 15,922 Bcf. It operates primarily in Western Canada; the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea; and Offshore Africa. The company was formerly known as AEX Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in December 1975. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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.

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