HES vs. SU, VLO, PSX, MPC, EQNR, BP, COP, WMB, OKE, and ET
Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Williams Companies (WMB), ONEOK (OKE), and Energy Transfer (ET). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Hess has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hess had 33 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Hess and 12 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hess' score of 0.64 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Hess pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Suncor Energy received 251 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.48% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 61.34% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
Hess presently has a consensus target price of $177.42, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Suncor Energy has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.98%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Hess.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 16.33%. Hess' return on equity of 22.73% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hess beats Suncor Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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