Hess (HES) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate HES or OXY?

Hess presently has a consensus price target of $164.46, indicating a potential upside of 26.64%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $54.19, indicating a potential upside of 33.92%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hess	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Occidental Petroleum	2 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HES or OXY?

Occidental Petroleum received 72 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.11% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hess	Outperform Votes 782 59.11%	Underperform Votes 541 40.89%
Occidental Petroleum	Outperform Votes 854 60.10%	Underperform Votes 567 39.90%

Does the media prefer HES or OXY?

In the previous week, Hess had 21 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Hess and 28 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Hess' score of 0.60 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hess	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Occidental Petroleum	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HES or OXY a better dividend stock?

Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hess pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.3% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HES or OXY?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, HES or OXY?

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Hess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, 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
Hess	$12.90B	3.11	$2.77B	$9.00	14.43
Occidental Petroleum	$26.73B	1.42	$4.70B	$2.44	16.58

Which has more volatility and risk, HES or OXY?

Hess has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HES or OXY 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
Hess	21.27%	26.32%	11.55%
Occidental Petroleum	11.37%	16.33%	5.05%

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.