HPK vs. HESM, CHRD, MGY, SSL, VRN, NOG, LBRT, CRC, BSM, and XPRO
Should you be buying HighPeak Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HighPeak Energy include Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Sasol (SSL), Veren (VRN), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Liberty Energy (LBRT), California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Expro Group (XPRO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) 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 profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 77.5% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 14.64% compared to HighPeak Energy's net margin of 10.18%. HighPeak Energy's return on equity of 35.08% beat Hess Midstream's return on equity.
Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. HighPeak Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. HighPeak Energy pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
HighPeak Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hess Midstream. HighPeak 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 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hess Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $36.83, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus price target of $24.10, indicating a potential upside of 44.14%. Given Hess Midstream's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.
In the previous week, Hess Midstream and Hess Midstream both had 5 articles in the media. Hess Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat HighPeak Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that HighPeak Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hess Midstream received 271 more outperform votes than HighPeak Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.57% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Hess Midstream beats HighPeak Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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