Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, integrated energy company Hess Corp.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Hess' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Hess facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | New York (1920) |
| Market Cap | $27.38 billion |
| Industry | Integrated oil and gas |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $33.95 billion |
| Management |
Chairman/CEO John Hess CFO John Rielly |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 13.9% |
| Cash/Debt | $1.61 billion / $5.58 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 0.5% |
| Competitors |
BP
Chevron
ExxonMobil |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 879 members who have rated Hess believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include jlennox and Clint35.
Just last month, jlennox listed several of Hess' positives:
One of the less expensive fully intergated oil companies. Aggressive exploration and development. Great holdings in the ND Bakkan Shale.
In fact, Hess currently sports a cheapish price-to-cash flow of 5.8. That represents a discount to integrated energy giants BP (10.8), Chevron (7.0), and Exxon (8.8).
CAPS member Clint35 expands on the Hess outperform argument:
A Bakken oil shale play. Good balance sheet and good margins. P/E is very reasonable, so when the big institutional buyers look for a cheap Bakken shale play this might be one they choose. The dividend is small but if the Bakken shale is as big as the "experts" are predicting they'll be making a lot of money and possibly raising the dividend.
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