Hess (HES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hess Corporation, an exploration and production company, explores, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. The company operates in two segments, Exploration and Production, and Midstream. It conducts production operations primarily in the United States, Guyana, the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area, and Malaysia; and exploration activities principally offshore Guyana, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and offshore Suriname and Canada. The company is also involved in gathering, compressing, and processing natural gas; fractionating NGLs; gathering, terminaling, loading, and transporting crude oil and NGL through rail car; and storing and terminaling propane, as well as providing water handling services primarily in the Bakken Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. The company was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $160.31 to $160.31
• 50-Day Range: $138.31 to $160.31
• 52-Week Range: $127.25 to $153.69
• Volume: 104,703 shs
• Average Volume: 2.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $49.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.17
• Dividend Yield: 1.25%
• Price Target: $155.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Hess Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hess scored higher than 31% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 213th out of 250 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Hess has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Hess is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hess has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 42.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Hess are expected to grow by 42.33% in the coming year, from $8.08 to $11.50 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hess is 22.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hess is 22.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 18.80.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hess has a P/B Ratio of 4.11. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HES.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Hess pays a meaningful dividend of 1.34%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hess has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hess is 27.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Hess will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.39% next year. This indicates that Hess will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Hess to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hess insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.10% of the stock of Hess is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.51% of the stock of Hess is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/30/2025
• Today: 7/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US INTEGRTD
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Oil & Gas
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HES
• CIK: 4447
• Web: www.hess.com
• Phone: (212) 997-8500
• Fax: 212-536-8390
• Employees: 1,797
• Year Founded: 1933

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hess: $155.00
• High Price Target: $155.00
• Low Price Target: $155.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -3.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.23
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.84
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $2.77 billion
• Net Margins: 17.65%
• Pretax Margin: 29.49%
• Return on Equity: 21.78%
• Return on Assets: 9.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.71
• Current Ratio: 1.08
• Quick Ratio: 0.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.02 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.81
• Cash Flow: $19.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.39
• Book Value: $38.96 per share
• Price / Book: 4.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 309,310,000
• Free Float: 281,163,000
• Market Cap: $49.59 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.62