HESM vs. DVN, CTRA, EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, and RRC
Should you be buying Hess Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess Midstream include Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) and Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Devon Energy received 1057 more outperform votes than Hess Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Hess Midstream an outperform vote.
Devon Energy has a net margin of 22.27% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 10.18%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 35.08% beat Hess Midstream's return on equity.
Devon Energy presently has a consensus price target of $58.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.87%. Hess Midstream has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Hess Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than Hess Midstream.
Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hess Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Devon Energy pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Hess Midstream has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Hess Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
69.7% of Devon Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Hess Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Devon Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Hess Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Devon Energy and 7 mentions for Hess Midstream. Hess Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Devon Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Devon Energy has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Devon Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream. Devon 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.
Summary
Devon Energy beats Hess Midstream on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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