OKE vs. HES, WMB, GEV, SU, E, KMI, VLO, ET, MPLX, 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), ENI (E), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Valero Energy (VLO), Energy Transfer (ET), Mplx (MPLX), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hess (NYSE:HES) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
Hess has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Hess' net margin of 12.54%. ONEOK's return on equity of 22.73% beat Hess' return on equity.
Hess has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 1 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for ONEOK and 24 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat ONEOK's score of 0.61 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, 61.05% of users gave Hess an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
Hess presently has a consensus price target of $178.08, indicating a potential upside of 17.21%. ONEOK has a consensus price target of $83.58, indicating a potential upside of 2.91%. Given ONEOK's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hess is more favorable than ONEOK.
88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Hess pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and ONEOK has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Summary
Hess beats ONEOK on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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