Hess Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Hess stock.
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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hess' stock. Their HES stock forecasts range from $88.00 to $158.00. On average, they anticipate Hess' stock price to reach $128.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price.
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Hess' stock was trading at $74.03 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HES stock has increased by 37.4% and is now trading at $101.69.
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Hess saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,000,000 shares, an increase of 35.1% from the April 30th total of 5,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,630,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Hess is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 27th 2022.
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Hess Co. (NYSE:HES) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 27th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.18. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.05 billion. Hess had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.35% and a net margin of 9.01%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS.
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Hess declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.375 per share on Thursday, June 30th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 14th.
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Hess(NYSE:HES) pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.51%. Hess does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Hess is 64.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Hess will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.96% next year. This indicates that Hess will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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200 employees have rated Hess CEO John B. Hess on Glassdoor.com. John B. Hess has an approval rating of 90% among Hess' employees.

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

Hess' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.94%), BlackRock Inc. (8.41%), State Street Corp (6.15%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.97%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.72%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.48%). Company insiders that own Hess stock include Andrew P Slentz, Andrew P Slentz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Geurt G Schoonman, Geurt G Schoonman, Gregory P Hill, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Marc S Lipschultz, Michael Mcknight, Michael R Turner, Richard D Lynch, Sami A Siddiqui and Timothy B Goodell.
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HES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Invesco Ltd., Strs Ohio, and Primecap Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold Hess company stock in the last two years include Andrew P Slentz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Geurt G Schoonman, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Michael Mcknight, Richard D Lynch, Sami A Siddiqui, and Timothy B Goodell.
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HES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Phoenix Holdings Ltd., Ninety One UK Ltd, Packer & Co Ltd, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, and Vanguard Group Inc..
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Shares of HES can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $101.69.

Hess (NYSE:HES) has a market capitalization of $31.65 billion and generates $7.58 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $559 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.319990 on an earnings per share basis.

Hess employs 1,545 workers across the globe.

Hess was founded in 1933.

Hess' mailing address is 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The official website for Hess is www.hess.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (212) 997-8500, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 212-536-8390.