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$38.44 +0.17 (+0.44%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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HESM vs. AM, ET, KMI, OKE, PAA, PAGP, TRGP, WES, WMB, and WDS

Should you be buying Hess Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), ONEOK (OKE), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Plains GP (PAGP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Williams Companies (WMB), and Woodside Energy Group (WDS). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Hess Midstream Partners vs. Its Competitors

Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 8 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Antero Midstream and 4 mentions for Hess Midstream Partners. Hess Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.91 indicating that Hess Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Antero Midstream
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hess Midstream Partners
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 37.35% compared to Hess Midstream Partners' net margin of 16.43%. Hess Midstream Partners' return on equity of 54.89% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Antero Midstream37.35% 19.75% 7.24%
Hess Midstream Partners 16.43%54.89%6.02%

Antero Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.53%. Hess Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.16%. Given Hess Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hess Midstream Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Antero Midstream
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hess Midstream Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Antero Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hess Midstream Partners. Hess Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Antero Midstream$1.11B7.56$400.89M$0.8720.05
Hess Midstream Partners$1.50B5.54$223.10M$2.5515.07

Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Hess Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Antero Midstream pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hess Midstream Partners pays out 111.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hess Midstream Partners has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hess Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Antero Midstream has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hess Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HESM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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HESM vs. The Competition

MetricHess Midstream PartnersE&P MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.25B$3.14B$7.75B$20.79B
Dividend Yield7.42%11.64%10.94%3.71%
P/E Ratio15.0721.8463.9527.89
Price / Sales5.543.7421,195.6542.50
Price / Cash19.159.2936.4022.63
Price / Book18.055.633.764.57
Net Income$223.10M$123.73M$4.23B$988.81M
7 Day Performance0.60%1.40%0.74%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.44%-0.31%2.51%3.93%
1 Year Performance0.87%-27.33%9.84%10.27%

Hess Midstream Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
3.7371 of 5 stars
$38.44
+0.4%
$43.50
+13.2%
+2.1%$8.25B$1.50B15.07200News Coverage
Positive News
AM
Antero Midstream
4.0318 of 5 stars
$17.94
-0.9%
$17.00
-5.2%
+18.2%$8.68B$1.11B20.62590News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ET
Energy Transfer
4.8996 of 5 stars
$17.75
-1.2%
$22.58
+27.2%
+7.1%$61.67B$82.67B13.6116,248Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.3783 of 5 stars
$28.36
-0.2%
$30.40
+7.2%
+38.1%$63.13B$15.10B24.4510,933Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OKE
ONEOK
4.9528 of 5 stars
$80.18
-2.4%
$103.14
+28.6%
-1.8%$51.71B$21.70B15.665,177Positive News
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
2.715 of 5 stars
$18.36
-0.6%
$20.36
+10.9%
+1.9%$13.00B$50.09B25.154,100Positive News
PAGP
Plains GP
2.2523 of 5 stars
$19.27
-1.4%
$20.88
+8.3%
+1.9%$3.81B$50.09B36.364,100Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9049 of 5 stars
$172.65
-0.5%
$208.31
+20.7%
+28.6%$37.64B$16.38B31.803,370Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.6275 of 5 stars
$38.76
-0.5%
$39.83
+2.8%
-3.0%$14.85B$3.61B11.571,511Positive News
WMB
Williams Companies
4.3176 of 5 stars
$58.52
-0.2%
$61.69
+5.4%
+36.5%$71.50B$10.50B31.295,829Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8257 of 5 stars
$15.54
-1.5%
N/A-19.8%$29.96B$13.18B0.004,667Positive News

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