OKE vs. HES, WMB, GEV, SU, VLO, KMI, ET, MPLX, E, and OXY
Should you be buying ONEOK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONEOK include Hess (HES), Williams Companies (WMB), GE Vernova (GEV), Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), Mplx (MPLX), ENI (E), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Hess had 26 more articles in the media than ONEOK. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Hess and 15 mentions for ONEOK. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Hess' score of 0.39 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ONEOK currently has a consensus price target of $83.58, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. Hess has a consensus price target of $178.08, suggesting a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Hess' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hess is more favorable than ONEOK.
Hess has a net margin of 17.41% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 12.54%. Hess' return on equity of 22.73% beat ONEOK's return on equity.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ONEOK pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hess pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. ONEOK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess received 241 more outperform votes than ONEOK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.09% of users gave Hess an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Hess shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hess beats ONEOK on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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