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Hess (HES) Competitors

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$128.19 +0.53 (+0.42%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

HES vs. OXY, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, SU, 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), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Hess vs.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Occidental Petroleum15.89% 15.98% 4.91%
Hess 20.58%27.41%11.68%

Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $62.10, indicating a potential upside of 31.75%. Hess has a consensus target price of $170.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.01%. Given Hess' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hess is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Occidental Petroleum
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Hess
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 21 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 27 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.47 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Occidental Petroleum
14 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hess
8 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Occidental Petroleum$27.14B1.63$4.70B$3.8412.27
Hess$12.71B3.11$1.38B$8.5814.94

Occidental Petroleum received 69 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.12% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Occidental PetroleumOutperform Votes
849
61.12%
Underperform Votes
540
38.88%
HessOutperform Votes
780
60.00%
Underperform Votes
520
40.00%

Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess pays out 23.3% 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.

88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Occidental Petroleum and Hess tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HES vs. The Competition

MetricHessPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.50B$69.24B$8.21B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.57%4.54%11.67%3.59%
P/E Ratio14.9413.5512.1041.28
Price / Sales3.110.86109.2717.59
Price / Cash12.155.9010.8221.28
Price / Book4.101.973.335.32
Net Income$1.38B$7.46B$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-8.57%-6.74%-3.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-13.42%-12.49%-5.49%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-12.29%-10.02%1.57%12.14%

Hess Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HES
Hess
4.4951 of 5 stars
$128.19
+0.4%
$170.50
+33.0%
-12.1%$39.50B$12.71B14.941,756Analyst Forecast
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.7562 of 5 stars
$46.57
-2.2%
$62.65
+34.5%
-21.7%$43.70B$27.14B12.3112,570Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9033 of 5 stars
$29.43
-2.8%
$39.83
+35.3%
-34.4%$4.29B$3.19B9.77690Analyst Forecast
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.5137 of 5 stars
$108.56
-2.1%
$129.68
+19.5%
+4.5%$477.13B$344.58B13.6462,000Analyst Forecast
CVX
Chevron
4.6431 of 5 stars
$149.75
-2.7%
$177.13
+18.3%
-4.9%$269.11B$200.95B16.7245,600Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9911 of 5 stars
$99.45
-1.6%
$139.24
+40.0%
-18.5%$114.46B$58.57B12.019,900Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BP
BP
4.4562 of 5 stars
$28.99
-3.3%
$42.48
+46.5%
-18.3%$77.89B$195.57B31.5687,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQNR
Equinor ASA
3.8422 of 5 stars
$22.38
-3.5%
$26.90
+20.2%
-28.3%$62.50B$107.17B7.1123,000Analyst Upgrade
PSX
Phillips 66
4.8708 of 5 stars
$117.41
-4.3%
$149.00
+26.9%
-17.7%$48.49B$149.89B15.1614,000
SU
Suncor Energy
3.8471 of 5 stars
$36.03
-2.0%
$56.40
+56.5%
+8.6%$45.33B$54.81B7.8814,906Analyst Forecast
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.8005 of 5 stars
$139.83
-3.9%
$184.00
+31.6%
-13.2%$44.94B$141.98B11.2418,200Options Volume

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This page (NYSE:HES) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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