HES vs. OXY, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, SU, PSX, and MPC
Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hess vs.
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 23 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 27 mentions for Hess. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hess' score of 0.21 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hess presently has a consensus price target of $170.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.67%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $62.19, suggesting a potential upside of 19.63%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.
Occidental Petroleum received 69 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.95% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess has a net margin of 20.58% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 15.89%. Hess' return on equity of 27.41% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
Hess has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hess pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HES) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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