Crescent Energy (CRGY) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend HESM or CRGY?

Hess Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.63%. Crescent Energy has a consensus price target of $16.09, suggesting a potential upside of 69.02%. Given Crescent Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hess Midstream	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Crescent Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is HESM or CRGY more profitable?

Hess Midstream has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 2.17%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 54.59% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hess Midstream	14.92%	54.59%	5.55%
Crescent Energy	2.17%	12.53%	3.61%

Which has more volatility & risk, HESM or CRGY?

Hess Midstream has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HESM or CRGY?

Hess Midstream received 244 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hess Midstream	Outperform Votes 283 63.17%	Underperform Votes 165 36.83%
Crescent Energy	Outperform Votes 39 60.00%	Underperform Votes 26 40.00%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HESM or CRGY?

99.0% of Hess Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HESM or CRGY?

Hess Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Energy. Crescent 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hess Midstream	$1.52B	5.59	$223.10M	$2.55	15.45
Crescent Energy	$3.22B	0.75	$67.61M	-$0.45	-21.16

Does the media favor HESM or CRGY?

In the previous week, Hess Midstream and Hess Midstream both had 7 articles in the media. Hess Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Crescent Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Hess Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hess Midstream	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crescent Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HESM or CRGY a better dividend stock?

Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hess Midstream pays out 111.0% 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 pays out -106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Crescent Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Hess Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Hess Midstream beats Crescent Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.