HESM vs. EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, VNOM, and PR
Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Hess Midstream vs. Its Competitors
Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) and Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Chesapeake Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Chesapeake Energy and 8 mentions for Hess Midstream. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Hess Midstream's score of 1.15 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $42.80, indicating a potential upside of 8.98%. Chesapeake Energy has a consensus target price of $126.79, indicating a potential upside of 12.97%. Given Chesapeake Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.
Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hess Midstream pays out 111.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chesapeake Energy pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hess Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hess Midstream has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hess Midstream received 248 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 63.17% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote.
Hess Midstream has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Chesapeake Energy's net margin of 6.07%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 54.59% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.
99.0% of Hess Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats Hess Midstream on 12 of the 22 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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This page (NYSE:HESM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
