HESM vs. SWN, MTDR, CHRD, RRC, VNOM, MUR, AR, APA, SM, and CPG
Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Range Resources (RRC), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), Antero Resources (AR), APA (APA), SM Energy (SM), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) and Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Southwestern Energy has a net margin of 23.87% compared to Hess Midstream's net margin of 10.18%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 34.38% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hess Midstream had 6 more articles in the media than Southwestern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hess Midstream and 14 mentions for Southwestern Energy. Southwestern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Hess Midstream's score of 0.76 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southwestern Energy received 646 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Hess Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.17%. Southwestern Energy has a consensus target price of $8.14, indicating a potential upside of 5.60%. Given Southwestern Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southwestern Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Southwestern 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.
Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hess Midstream beats Southwestern Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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