Hess Valuation

Is HES undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HES when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HES ($158.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($216.9)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HES is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HES?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HES key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue5.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA9.6x
PEG Ratio1.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HES's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HES vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.9x
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources
12.9x0.7%US$62.5b
FANG Diamondback Energy
11.1x14.0%US$35.0b
EOG EOG Resources
10x-5.0%US$74.7b
DVN Devon Energy
9.5x-1.5%US$31.9b
HES Hess
24.2x15.5%US$48.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the peer average (10.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HES's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a3.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the US Oil and Gas industry average (9.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HES's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HES PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.2x
Fair PE Ratio17.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HES is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HES forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$158.56
US$173.80
+9.6%
9.8%US$212.00US$145.00n/a15
Apr ’25US$154.78
US$168.83
+9.1%
10.0%US$205.00US$145.00n/a16
Mar ’25US$148.19
US$167.26
+12.9%
10.4%US$200.00US$140.00n/a16
Feb ’25US$141.50
US$165.51
+17.0%
9.2%US$196.00US$140.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$144.16
US$168.07
+16.6%
8.1%US$197.00US$150.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$141.07
US$169.36
+20.1%
9.1%US$210.00US$150.00n/a17
Nov ’24US$142.25
US$171.72
+20.7%
8.9%US$210.00US$150.00n/a17
Oct ’24US$153.00
US$165.64
+8.3%
12.3%US$210.00US$117.00n/a22
Sep ’24US$157.20
US$165.23
+5.1%
12.0%US$206.00US$117.00n/a22
Aug ’24US$151.60
US$159.91
+5.5%
14.2%US$205.00US$84.00n/a22
Jul ’24US$135.95
US$159.00
+17.0%
13.9%US$205.00US$84.00n/a21
Jun ’24US$129.05
US$160.00
+24.0%
14.2%US$205.00US$84.00n/a21
May ’24US$143.31
US$159.59
+11.4%
12.8%US$200.00US$93.00US$156.7722
Apr ’24US$132.34
US$156.74
+18.4%
13.3%US$200.00US$93.00US$154.7823
Mar ’24US$137.86
US$157.83
+14.5%
12.8%US$200.00US$93.00US$148.1924
Feb ’24US$144.24
US$157.42
+9.1%
13.4%US$200.00US$88.00US$141.5024
Jan ’24US$141.82
US$146.52
+3.3%
13.1%US$175.00US$88.00US$144.1623
Dec ’23US$143.37
US$146.57
+2.2%
13.3%US$175.00US$88.00US$141.0723
Nov ’23US$143.30
US$142.83
-0.3%
13.6%US$175.00US$88.00US$142.2523
Oct ’23US$108.99
US$136.27
+25.0%
13.5%US$175.00US$88.00US$153.0022
Sep ’23US$116.45
US$131.09
+12.6%
14.0%US$165.00US$88.00US$157.2022
Aug ’23US$108.74
US$131.50
+20.9%
14.1%US$165.00US$88.00US$151.6022
Jul ’23US$105.39
US$137.18
+30.2%
16.4%US$180.00US$89.00US$135.9522
Jun ’23US$127.45
US$135.45
+6.3%
15.8%US$180.00US$89.00US$129.0522
May ’23US$103.07
US$132.64
+28.7%
14.2%US$180.00US$89.00US$143.3122

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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