Crescent Energy (CRGY) Competitors

Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) and Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRGY or HESM?

52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CRGY or HESM a better dividend stock?

Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hess Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Crescent Energy pays out -106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream Partners pays out 111.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hess Midstream Partners has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hess Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRGY or HESM?

Hess Midstream Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Energy	$2.93B	0.80	-$114.61M	-$0.45	-20.29
Hess Midstream Partners	$1.50B	5.51	$223.10M	$2.55	14.98

Do analysts rate CRGY or HESM?

Crescent Energy currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.25%. Hess Midstream Partners has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.84%. Given Crescent Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Hess Midstream Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor CRGY or HESM?

In the previous week, Hess Midstream Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hess Midstream Partners and 0 mentions for Crescent Energy. Hess Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Crescent Energy's score of 0.22 indicating that Hess Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Energy	Neutral
Hess Midstream Partners	Very Positive

Is CRGY or HESM more profitable?

Hess Midstream Partners has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of -2.88%. Hess Midstream Partners' return on equity of 54.89% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Energy	-2.88%	14.21%	4.54%
Hess Midstream Partners	16.43%	54.89%	6.02%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRGY or HESM?

Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hess Midstream Partners beats Crescent Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.