Hess (HES) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OXY or HES?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Occidental Petroleum	Outperform Votes 854 59.93%	Underperform Votes 571 40.07%
Hess	Outperform Votes 783 58.96%	Underperform Votes 545 41.04%

Do analysts rate OXY or HES?

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

Does the media prefer OXY or HES?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OXY or HES?

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.

Which has more risk & volatility, OXY or HES?

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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OXY or HES?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Occidental Petroleum	$27.55B	1.47	$4.70B	$2.46	16.71
Hess	$12.50B	3.22	$2.77B	$7.23	17.97

Is OXY or HES more profitable?

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 Petroleum	11.37%	16.33%	5.05%
Hess	21.27%	26.32%	11.55%

Is OXY or HES a better dividend stock?

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.