NYSE:HES - Hess Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Hess announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 15th. View Hess' Dividend History.

Hess declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.32) by $0.09. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.35 billion. Hess had a negative return on equity of 6.04% and a negative net margin of 59.77%. The business's revenue was up 30.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned ($1.46) earnings per share. View Hess' Earnings History.

Hess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Hess.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Hess' shares. Their predictions range from $44.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Hess' share price to reach $61.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hess.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hess.

Some companies that are related to Hess include Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Repsol (REPYY), Andeavor (ANDV), HollyFrontier (HFC), YPF (YPF), PBF Energy (PBF), Delek US (DK), CVR Energy (CVI), CVR Refining (CVRR), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT) and Trecora Resources (TREC).

Media stories about HES stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Hess earned a coverage optimism score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 48.79 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Hess.

Hess' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.81%), Levin Capital Strategies L.P. (0.76%), Investec Asset Management LTD (0.67%), Millennium Management LLC (0.65%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.57%). Company insiders that own Hess stock include Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Brian D Truelove, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Kevin Omar Meyers, Michael R Turner, Timothy B Goodell and William G Schrader. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hess.

HES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Strs Ohio, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Klingenstein Fields & Co. LLC and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold Hess company stock in the last year include Brian D Truelove, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Michael R Turner 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 Forsta AP Fonden, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Asia Research & Capital Management Ltd, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Packer & Co Ltd, CastleArk Alternatives LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Investec Asset Management LTD. Company insiders that have bought Hess stock in the last two years include Kevin Omar Meyers and William G Schrader. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.35.

Hess has a market capitalization of $19.26 billion and generates $5.41 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-4,074,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($4.61) on an earnings per share basis. Hess employs 2,075 workers across the globe.

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]