Hess Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HES)

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

Hess announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 13th. View Hess' Dividend History.

Hess announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, March 8th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.09) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.10) by $0.01. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.52 billion. Hess had a net margin of 1.09% and a return on equity of 0.46%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.23) earnings per share. View Hess' Earnings History.

Hess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hess.

Hess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hess' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $93.00. On average, they anticipate Hess' share price to reach $67.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hess.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hess.

Media stories about HES stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hess earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hess.

Hess saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 10,980,000 shares, a drop of 5.8% from the August 30th total of 11,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View Hess' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hess include China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), Repsol (REPYY), HollyFrontier (HFC), CVR Energy (CVI), PBF Energy (PBF), YPF (YPF), Delek US (DK), Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT) and Trecora Resources (TREC).

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), Citigroup (C), Celgene (CELG), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Schlumberger (SLB).

Hess' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.29%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.19%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.15%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.12%), Strs Ohio (0.09%) and Whittier Trust Co. (0.07%). 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, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Arvest Bank Trust Division, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Rhumbline Advisers, Strs Ohio and Mission Wealth Management LP. 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 State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, Cohen Klingenstein LLC and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. 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 $66.62.

Hess has a market capitalization of $20.28 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]