NYSE:HES - Hess Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hess trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HES."

Hess announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. View Hess' Dividend History.

Hess declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.32) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.32). The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.52 billion. Hess had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a negative return on equity of 1.62%. Hess's revenue was down 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share. View Hess' Earnings History.

Hess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hess.

Hess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Hess' shares. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate Hess' share price to reach $73.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hess.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hess.

News headlines about HES stock have trended negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hess earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Hess.

Hess saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,970,000 shares, a decrease of 8.5% from the December 15th total of 13,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 4.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Hess' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hess investors own include Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Medivation (MDVN), Incyte (INCY), Intrexon (XON), First Solar (FSLR), Schlumberger (SLB), Boeing (BA), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Hess' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.26%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.19%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.14%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Hess stock include Andrew P Slentz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Kevin Omar Meyers, Michael R Turner, Richard D Lynch, Risa J Lavizzo-Mourey and Timothy B Goodell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hess.

HES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Arvest Bank Trust Division, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, CenturyLink Investment Management Co and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hess company stock in the last year include Andrew P Slentz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Michael R Turner, Richard D Lynch and Timothy B Goodell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hess.

HES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Harvest Investment Services LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Coastline Trust Co, Calamos Wealth Management LLC and Huntington National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Hess stock in the last two years include Kevin Omar Meyers and Risa J Lavizzo-Mourey. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hess.

Shares of HES can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.90.

Hess has a market capitalization of $21.30 billion and generates $6.47 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-282,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.74) on an earnings per share basis. Hess employs 1,708 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hess.

The official website for Hess is http://www.hess.com/.

Hess' mailing address is 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 212-997-8500 or via email at [email protected]