HESM vs. WES, NOG, CRC, CEIX, SMLP, MMLP, BROGW, IMPPP, PXSAW, and PXSAP
Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), California Resources (CRC), CONSOL Energy (CEIX), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Brooge Energy (BROGW), Imperial Petroleum (IMPPP), Pyxis Tankers (PXSAW), and Pyxis Tankers (PXSAP).
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Western Midstream Partners' net margin of 10.18%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 44.76% beat Western Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners received 301 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote.
Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus price target of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 16.37%. Hess Midstream has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.73%. Given Western Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hess Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 98.6% 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 pays out 118.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Hess Midstream has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 12 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 4 mentions for Hess Midstream. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Hess Midstream's score of 0.94 indicating that Hess Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Hess Midstream on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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