Hess Midstream (HESM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HESM or CVE?

92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HESM or CVE a better dividend stock?

Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. Cenovus Energy pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HESM or CVE?

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
Hess Midstream	$1.35B	5.79	$118.60M	$2.36	14.97
Cenovus Energy	$38.67B	0.74	$3.04B	$1.45	10.77

Do analysts recommend HESM or CVE?

Hess Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.41%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 92.06%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.

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

Does the media favor HESM or CVE?

In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 3 mentions for Hess Midstream. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Hess Midstream's score of -0.40 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HESM or CVE?

Cenovus Energy received 364 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.43% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hess Midstream	Outperform Votes 281 63.43%	Underperform Votes 162 36.57%
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 645 60.45%	Underperform Votes 422 39.55%

Is HESM or CVE 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
Hess Midstream	13.06%	47.87%	4.80%
Cenovus Energy	6.72%	12.88%	6.80%

Which has more volatility & risk, HESM or CVE?

Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats Hess Midstream on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.