Hess Midstream Partners (HESM) Competitors

Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AM or HESM?

54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream 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.

Is AM or HESM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 37.35% compared to Hess Midstream Partners' net margin of 16.43%. Hess Midstream Partners' return on equity of 54.89% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antero Midstream	37.35%	19.75%	7.24%
Hess Midstream Partners	16.43%	54.89%	6.02%

Is AM or HESM a better dividend stock?

Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hess Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Antero Midstream pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hess Midstream Partners pays out 111.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hess Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hess Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend AM or HESM?

Antero Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. Hess Midstream Partners has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Hess Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hess Midstream Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hess Midstream Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AM or HESM?

Antero Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hess Midstream Partners. Hess Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero 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
Antero Midstream	$1.11B	7.40	$400.89M	$0.87	19.63
Hess Midstream Partners	$1.50B	5.69	$223.10M	$2.55	15.47

Does the media refer more to AM or HESM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 7 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Antero Midstream and 8 mentions for Hess Midstream Partners. Hess Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.83 indicating that Hess Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Antero Midstream	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hess Midstream Partners	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AM or HESM?

Antero Midstream has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hess Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.