HES vs. SU, VLO, PSX, MPC, EQNR, BP, COP, WMB, OKE, and GEV
Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Williams Companies (WMB), ONEOK (OKE), and GE Vernova (GEV). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Suncor Energy received 252 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.45% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 61.09% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hess had 25 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Hess and 15 mentions for Suncor Energy. Hess' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Suncor Energy's score of 0.40 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Suncor Energy 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Suncor Energy presently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.71%. Hess has a consensus price target of $178.08, suggesting a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Hess' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Hess.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess pays out 26.8% 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. Suncor Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Hess has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Suncor Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hess has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Hess' net margin of 15.38%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 22.73% beat Hess' return on equity.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hess beats Suncor Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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