NYSE:HESHess Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hess' stock was trading at $36.69 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HES stock has increased by 5.2% and is now trading at $38.61. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hess in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Hess.

Hess is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hess.

Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.60) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.56) by $0.04. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.54 billion. Hess had a negative return on equity of 2.68% and a negative net margin of 6.16%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.31) EPS. View Hess' earnings history.

Hess declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View Hess' dividend history.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Hess' stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect Hess' share price to reach $62.24 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hess.

News coverage about HES stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutHess.

Hess saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 20,127,900 shares, an increase of 68.4% from the February 27th total of 11,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,300,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.1 days. Approximately 7.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Hess' Current Options Chain.

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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 (PGEN), Precigen (PGEN), First Solar (FSLR), Intel (INTC), Boeing (BA) and Chevron (CVX).

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

Hess' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). Company insiders that own Hess stock include Andrew P Slentz, Barbara J Lowery-Yilmaz, Geurt G Schoonman, Gregory P Hill, John B Hess, John P Rielly, Marc S Lipschultz, Michael R Turner, Richard D Lynch, Risa J Lavizzo-Mourey and Timothy B Goodell. View institutional ownership trends for Hess.

HES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Hess stock in the last two years include Marc S Lipschultz, and Risa J Lavizzo-Mourey. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $38.61.

Hess has a market capitalization of $11.78 billion and generates $6.51 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-408,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.95) on an earnings per share basis. Hess employs 1,775 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]