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HES vs. OXY, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, and SU

Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Hess vs.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Occidental Petroleum received 71 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Occidental PetroleumOutperform Votes
854
59.93%
Underperform Votes
571
40.07%
HessOutperform Votes
783
58.96%
Underperform Votes
545
41.04%

Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $53.14, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. Hess has a consensus target price of $162.16, indicating a potential upside of 24.80%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Occidental Petroleum
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Hess
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 3 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 40 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.83 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Occidental Petroleum
20 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hess
25 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Occidental Petroleum$27.55B1.47$4.70B$2.4616.71
Hess$12.50B3.22$2.77B$7.2317.97

Hess has a net margin of 21.27% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 11.37%. Hess' return on equity of 26.32% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Occidental Petroleum11.37% 16.33% 5.05%
Hess 21.27%26.32%11.55%

Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Occidental Petroleum has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Hess has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HES vs. The Competition

MetricHessPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$40.19B$67.68B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.48%6.66%11.00%3.84%
P/E Ratio14.4461.4253.7634.53
Price / Sales3.220.8624,457.0434.83
Price / Cash8.507.5635.5017.51
Price / Book3.331.773.544.69
Net Income$2.77B$4.92B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.73%-2.54%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-0.36%12.61%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance-14.13%-16.61%177.99%4.15%

Hess Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HES
Hess
4.6412 of 5 stars
$129.93
-0.2%
$162.16
+24.8%
-15.8%$40.19B$12.50B14.441,620Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.8048 of 5 stars
$42.32
-1.7%
$53.14
+25.6%
-35.1%$41.65B$27.55B17.3412,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8456 of 5 stars
$21.62
-2.1%
$29.31
+35.6%
-51.3%$3.09B$2.90B8.04690Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.8025 of 5 stars
$106.40
-1.7%
$125.50
+18.0%
-12.0%$458.55B$339.89B13.5762,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CVX
Chevron
4.667 of 5 stars
$138.52
-1.3%
$160.24
+15.7%
-15.3%$241.91B$192.94B14.2543,800Trending News
Ex-Dividend
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.916 of 5 stars
$90.33
-1.4%
$122.74
+35.9%
-27.6%$114.19B$57.41B11.609,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
BP
BP
3.5161 of 5 stars
$29.38
-1.3%
$35.28
+20.1%
-22.0%$79.76B$187.21B367.3065,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.7091 of 5 stars
$23.13
-2.1%
$20.85
-9.9%
-17.6%$64.60B$106.80B7.4421,100Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.7398 of 5 stars
$162.12
-1.2%
$175.29
+8.1%
-11.2%$49.81B$137.68B16.3317,800Positive News
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PSX
Phillips 66
4.7655 of 5 stars
$121.97
-2.1%
$137.86
+13.0%
-22.4%$49.70B$137.77B24.6913,000Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7207 of 5 stars
$35.38
-0.8%
$59.20
+67.3%
-14.3%$43.63B$54.91B10.2616,600Positive News

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