HES vs. WES, NOG, CRC, CPE, EGY, PHX, MTR, CHKEL, CHKEZ, and CHKEW
Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), California Resources (CRC), Callon Petroleum (CPE), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PHX Minerals (PHX), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Chesapeake Energy (CHKEL), Chesapeake Energy (CHKEZ), and Chesapeake Energy (CHKEW).
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hess has higher revenue and earnings than Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess received 194 more outperform votes than Western Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.94% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hess had 28 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Hess and 10 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Hess' score of 0.43 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hess pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 32.72% compared to Hess' net margin of 12.98%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 33.58% beat Hess' return on equity.
Hess presently has a consensus price target of $177.42, suggesting a potential upside of 12.32%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $30.64, suggesting a potential downside of 13.85%. Given Hess' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hess is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Hess has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hess beats Western Midstream Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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