Hess Corporation (HES): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.72M but it saw 3583795 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 39.75B USD, the company’s current market price of $129.02 came falling about -1.63 while comparing to the previous closing price of $131.16. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $167.75 and as low as $130.35. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $128.85 while lowest mark touched by it was $132.095.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Hess Corporation (HES) gives us an average price of $135.60, while its current price level is -23.09% below from 52-week high level whereas it is -1.02% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $142.37 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $146.61. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.14% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.79%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 30.27 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Argus upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on November 07, 2023 while assigning a price target of $171. Bernstein issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $189 and $166.

Over the week, HES’s stock price is moving -5.65% down while it is -1.80% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -10.50% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -18.25%.

Currently, Hess Corporation’s total number of outstanding shares is 307.16M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 13.43% and return on equity (ROE) at 28.21%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 15.02 while having a 11.62 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.17. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.79 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.20. Its return on asset (ROA) is 11.02% on average.