Analyzing Analyst Recommendations: Hess Corporation (HES), NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL)

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) tinted gains of +0.49% (+0.25 points) to US$ 51.3. The volume of 4.13 Million shares climbed down over an trading activity of 4.25 Million shares. EPS ratio determined by looking at last 12 month figures is -19.78. Over the same time span, the stock marked US$ 65.56 as its best level and the lowest price reached was US$ 45.37. The corporation has a market cap of US$ 16.18 Billion.

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES)’s earnings per share has been growing at a -44.7 percent rate over the past 5 year when average revenue increase was noted as -25.8 percent. The return on equity ratio or ROE stands at -32.9 percent while most common profitability ratio return on investment (ROI) was -26.9 percent. The company’s institutional ownership is monitored at 86.3 percent. The company’s net profit margin has achieved the current level of 0 percent and possesses 76 percent gross margin.

Daily Analyst Recommendations

A number of key analysts, polled by FactSet, shared their views about the current stock momentum. The forecast of 11 surveyed investment analysts covering the stock advises investors to Buy stake in the company. At present, 0 analysts call it Sell, while 14 think it is Hold. Recently, analysts have updated the overall rating to 2.4. 2 analysts recommended Overweight these shares while 0 recommended Underweight, according to FactSet data.

NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL) is worth US$ 2.62 Billion and has recently fallen -3.73% to US$ 23.25. The latest exchange of 4.1 Million shares is below its average trading activity of 558.90K shares. The day began at US$ 23.15 but the price moved to US$ 22.85 at one point during the trading and finally capitulating to a session high of US$ 23.45. The stock tapped a 52-week high of US$ 25.8 while the mean 12-month price target for the shares is US$ 23.13.

Currently, the stock carries a price to earnings ratio of 0, a price to book ratio of 1.27, and a price to sales ratio of 0.23. For the past 5 years, the company’s revenue has grown 65.7%, while the company’s earnings per share has grown -35.3%. With an institutional ownership near 70%, it carries an earnings per share ratio of -0.89.

Inside Look At Analysts Reviews

Latest analyst recommendations could offer little help to investors. The stock is a Buy among 5 brokerage firms polled by Factset Research. At present, 1 analysts recommended Holding these shares while 0 recommended sell, according to FactSet data. 0 analysts call it Underweight, while 1 think it is Overweight. Recently, investment analysts covering the stock have updated the mean rating to 1.7.

Analyzing Analyst Recommendations: Hess Corporation (HES), NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL)

Biggest Energy Movers: Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB)

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) shares ended at $ 53.94 with 5.82 mln shares exchanging hands. That puts the market capitalization at $ 17.08 bln. It opened the session with a $ 54.72 price tag, later ranging from $ 53 to $ 54.83, the range at which the stock has traded at throughout the day. The stock stands nearly -17.4% off versus the 52-week high and 48.73% away from the 52-week low. The number of shares currently owned by investors are 316.62 mln.

Sell-side analyst recommendations point to a short term price target of $ 65 on the shares of Hess Corporation (HES). The consensus rating is 2.4, suggesting the market has given up on the stock. It has been assigned a low target price of $ 47 and a high target price of $ 80.

The current price is staying below the SMA lines which signify weakens and is generally unhealthy/negative and may provide the momentum for driving the share price lower. Current price places the company’s stock -2.65% away from its 200-day simple moving average, -8.19%, away from the 50-day average and also -9.46% away from 20-day average.

For this year, Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) is performing -13.41%. Over the past five trading sessions it is -5.62%; -15.03% for the month; 7.41% for the last quarter; 1.48% for the past six-months; and 29.31% for the last 12 months. The last close places the company’s stock about $ 11.62 off its 52 week high of $ 65.56 and $ 8.57 above the 52 week low of $ 45.37.

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) closed down -0.89 points or -1.05% at $ 83.61 with 5.55 mln shares exchanging hands. Current price level places the company’s stock about -4.82% from the 52-week high and 29.82% away from the 52-week low. Sell-side analyst recommendations point to a short term price target of $ 96.03 on the company shares. The consensus rating is 2, indicating analysts in general look favorably on the company’s future prospects. It has been assigned a low target price of $ 70 and a high target price of $ 110.

Schlumberger Limited (SLB) opened the session with a $ 84.17 price tag, later ranging from $ 83.195 to $ 84.47, the range at which the stock has traded at throughout the day. The stock stands nearly $ 3.67 off versus the 52-week high of $ 87.84 and $ 18.07 above the 52-week low of $ 66.1. The number of shares currently owned by investors are 1.39 bln. The current price change puts the market capitalization at $ 116.34 bln.

In an overview of the current analyst recommendations, Buy count is 30 and Overweight is 4 while the number of analysts recommending Sell and Underweight are 0 and 1, respectively. Also, the Hold rating count is 9 as of 01/30/17. The analyst recommendations from a month ago are 31 Buy, 4 Overweight, 0 Sell, 7 Hold and 1 Underweight. Investors might also notice that three month ago the Buy recommendations (30) outnumbered Sell recommendations (0). The count of Hold ratings in that period was 7.

Over the past five trading sessions shares of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) are -0.78%; -1.21% for the month; 5.66% for the last quarter; 5.12% for the past six-months; and 18.74% for the last 12 months. The current price is staying above the SMA lines which signify strength and is generally healthy/positive and may provide the momentum for driving the share price higher. Current price places the company’s stock 5.26% away from its 200-day simple moving average, -0.74%, away from the 50-day average and also -2.08% away from 20-day average. The stock is performing -0.4% year to date.

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Biggest Energy Movers: Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB)