HES vs. OXY, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, MPC, and SU
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), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Suncor Energy (SU). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 80 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 104 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 24 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.72 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hess pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 36.1% 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.
Hess has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hess currently has a consensus price target of $170.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $61.90, indicating a potential upside of 22.79%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Hess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Occidental Petroleum received 70 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.70% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
Hess has a net margin of 21.27% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 11.37%. Hess' return on equity of 26.32% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HES) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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