Hess - HES Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HES shares.
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14 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Hess' shares. Their HES share price forecasts range from $139.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $165.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price.
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Hess' stock was trading at $141.82 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HES shares have decreased by 6.7% and is now trading at $132.34.
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Hess saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,960,000 shares, a drop of 5.7% from the February 28th total of 4,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,750,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Hess Co. (NYSE:HES) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Hess had a net margin of 19.21% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.97%. The firm's revenue was up 35.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.85 EPS.
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Hess declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.438 per share on Thursday, March 30th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 10th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hess (NYSE:HES) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (IEO), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RYE), Invesco DWA Energy Momentum ETF (PXI), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund (FXN), Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal Weight ETF (DWEQ) and SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP).

Hess (NYSE:HES) pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HES will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.19% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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200 employees have rated Hess Chief Executive Officer John B. Hess on Glassdoor.com. John B. Hess has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hess investors own include Puma Biotechnology (PBYI), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Incyte (INCY), (MDVN) (MDVN), Precigen (PGEN), Intel (INTC), First Solar (FSLR), Walt Disney (DIS), Schlumberger (SLB) and Chevron (CVX).

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

Shares of HES stock 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 $132.34.

Hess (NYSE:HES) has a market capitalization of $40.52 billion and generates $11.57 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $2.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,623 workers across the globe.

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