HESM vs. EC, CTRA, PR, CHK, CHRD, MGY, SSL, VRN, NOG, and LBRT
Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Sasol (SSL), Veren (VRN), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), and Liberty Energy (LBRT). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol received 19 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.0%. Hess Midstream pays out 118.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecopetrol pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecopetrol is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Hess Midstream's net margin of 10.18%. Hess Midstream's return on equity of 35.08% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Ecopetrol 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 presently has a consensus target price of $36.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.30%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Ecopetrol's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Hess Midstream.
In the previous week, Hess Midstream and Hess Midstream both had 5 articles in the media. Hess Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.08 indicating that Hess Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hess Midstream beats Ecopetrol on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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