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HES vs. FANG, COP, EOG, MPC, OXY, SM, SUN, VLO, XOM, and MUR

Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Diamondback Energy (FANG), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), SM Energy (SM), Sunoco (SUN), Valero Energy (VLO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), and Murphy Oil (MUR). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Hess vs. Its Competitors

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus price target of $191.59, suggesting a potential upside of 32.36%. Hess has a consensus price target of $162.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.54%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Hess.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05
Hess
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% 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. Diamondback Energy has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Hess has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Hess shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hess had 55 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Hess and 22 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Hess' score of 0.56 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diamondback Energy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hess
31 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Hess' net margin of 17.65%. Hess' return on equity of 21.78% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy30.84% 11.22% 6.53%
Hess 17.65%21.78%9.72%

Diamondback Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hess. Diamondback Energy 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
Diamondback Energy$12.84B3.29$3.34B$16.358.85
Hess$13.02B3.81$2.77B$7.2322.17

Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Hess on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HES vs. The Competition

MetricHessOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$49.59B$14.29B$7.75B$21.08B
Dividend Yield1.34%4.01%10.94%3.62%
P/E Ratio22.1730.8365.2527.82
Price / Sales3.816.7842,443.6872.03
Price / Cash8.3919.0136.1422.61
Price / Book4.112.504.074.68
Net Income$2.77B$860.35M$4.25B$993.85M
7 Day Performance7.50%0.79%1.66%1.34%
1 Month Performance15.65%2.41%3.30%5.18%
1 Year Performance9.08%5.17%14.42%12.69%

Hess Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HES
Hess
4.7476 of 5 stars
$160.31
+7.6%
$162.78
+1.5%
+9.2%$49.59B$13.02B22.171,797Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.868 of 5 stars
$141.96
-1.6%
$193.35
+36.2%
-27.6%$41.48B$12.84B8.681,983Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9707 of 5 stars
$94.22
-1.5%
$122.15
+29.6%
-14.3%$119.11B$56.95B11.9711,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EOG
EOG Resources
4.4459 of 5 stars
$122.76
-0.2%
$139.00
+13.2%
-4.9%$67.00B$23.70B11.393,150Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.2803 of 5 stars
$175.64
-2.3%
$184.38
+5.0%
+8.2%$53.96B$137.68B24.7018,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.415 of 5 stars
$45.14
-2.5%
$53.62
+18.8%
-26.5%$44.43B$27.55B18.3513,323Trending News
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.8495 of 5 stars
$27.56
-3.4%
$42.08
+52.7%
-39.1%$3.15B$2.69B3.86540News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SUN
Sunoco
3.185 of 5 stars
$53.57
+0.1%
$64.50
+20.4%
-7.2%$8.18B$22.37B9.653,298Analyst Forecast
VLO
Valero Energy
4.4346 of 5 stars
$148.98
-2.7%
$153.56
+3.1%
+0.4%$46.66B$128.38B52.649,922Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.9413 of 5 stars
$114.05
-1.2%
$126.05
+10.5%
-3.1%$491.52B$349.59B15.1361,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.7925 of 5 stars
$25.95
-1.8%
$29.46
+13.5%
-35.3%$3.70B$2.90B9.98690

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