Hess Midstream (HESM) Competitors

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts rate CVE or HESM?

Cenovus Energy currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 99.27%. Hess Midstream has a consensus target price of $38.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Hess Midstream	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CVE or HESM a better dividend stock?

Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Cenovus Energy pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVE or HESM?

51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CVE or HESM?

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cenovus Energy	$58.94B	0.47	$3.04B	$1.45	10.38
Hess Midstream	$1.35B	6.66	$118.60M	$2.36	17.46

Which has more risk & volatility, CVE or HESM?

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CVE or HESM?

In the previous week, Hess Midstream had 4 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hess Midstream and 3 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Hess Midstream's score of 0.26 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cenovus Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hess Midstream	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVE or HESM?

Cenovus Energy received 366 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.43% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 647 60.30%	Underperform Votes 426 39.70%
Hess Midstream	Outperform Votes 281 63.43%	Underperform Votes 162 36.57%

Is CVE or HESM more profitable?

Hess Midstream has a net margin of 13.06% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 47.87% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy	6.72%	12.88%	6.80%
Hess Midstream	13.06%	47.87%	4.80%

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats Hess Midstream on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.