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Hess Midstream (HESM) Competitors

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$36.47 +0.79 (+2.21%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

HESM vs. EXE, WDS, PBA, CVE, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, and OVV

Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Hess Midstream vs.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Hess Midstream received 256 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 63.31% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Chesapeake EnergyOutperform Votes
27
65.85%
Underperform Votes
14
34.15%
Hess MidstreamOutperform Votes
283
63.31%
Underperform Votes
164
36.69%

Hess Midstream has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Chesapeake Energy's net margin of 6.07%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 54.59% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy6.07% 2.74% 2.08%
Hess Midstream 14.92%54.59%5.55%

Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Chesapeake 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Energy$4.22B5.73$2.42B-$4.12-25.23
Hess Midstream$1.49B5.32$223.10M$2.4914.62

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Chesapeake Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Chesapeake Energy and 8 mentions for Hess Midstream. Hess Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Chesapeake Energy's score of 0.96 indicating that Hess Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream pays out 112.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus target price of $122.82, indicating a potential upside of 18.16%. Hess Midstream has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.10%. Given Chesapeake Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Hess Midstream
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chesapeake Energy beats Hess Midstream on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HESM vs. The Competition

MetricHess MidstreamCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.94B$7.18B$6.78B$18.55B
Dividend Yield7.94%24.25%11.08%4.25%
P/E Ratio14.629.4241.8631.17
Price / Sales5.325.8619,292.3926.64
Price / Cash29.237.3835.4317.54
Price / Book22.761.483.354.30
Net Income$223.10M$1.10B$4.27B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.82%1.94%2.08%4.46%
1 Month Performance-13.52%-8.36%-7.43%-6.59%
1 Year Performance3.26%-21.02%-6.03%0.24%

Hess Midstream Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.7511 of 5 stars
$36.47
+2.2%
$43.00
+17.9%
+1.1%$7.95B$1.49B14.65200Positive News
Gap Up
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
4.2831 of 5 stars
$100.04
+0.0%
$122.35
+22.3%
N/A$23.28B$4.22B61.751,000Analyst Revision
Gap Up
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.006 of 5 stars
$11.52
-0.9%
N/A-35.6%$21.88B$13.18B14.054,380Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.0726 of 5 stars
$36.39
-2.1%
$56.50
+55.3%
+4.7%$21.13B$7.38B15.042,670Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.6738 of 5 stars
$11.19
-0.6%
$29.00
+159.2%
-45.7%$20.40B$57.73B9.256,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9565 of 5 stars
$25.00
-0.5%
$34.35
+37.4%
-9.1%$19.10B$5.46B15.06980Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
EC
Ecopetrol
2.9092 of 5 stars
$8.86
-1.6%
$11.00
+24.2%
-24.8%$18.20B$133.33T4.2418,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Cut
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.5058 of 5 stars
$28.33
-5.6%
$42.02
+48.3%
+41.5%$11.14B$19.12B14.3121,300Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
AR
Antero Resources
4.6913 of 5 stars
$34.03
+1.7%
$42.24
+24.1%
+11.0%$10.59B$4.12B106.35590Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
PR
Permian Resources
4.7541 of 5 stars
$10.87
+1.1%
$19.13
+76.0%
-37.7%$8.73B$5.00B6.58220Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8014 of 5 stars
$32.71
-0.7%
$57.17
+74.8%
-39.0%$8.52B$9.15B4.341,740Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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