What Analysts Recommend for Hess Stock

Approximately 52% of analysts covering Hess (HES) recommend “hold,” ~43% recommend “buy,” and 5% rate it as “underperform.” Their average target price of $69.24 for Hess implies a ~6.72% return over the next 12 months. In comparison, analysts’ target prices for Continental Resources (CLR), Concho Resources (CXO), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), and Cimarex Energy (XEC) imply 19.58%, 22%, ~21.85%, and ~26.34% returns over the next 12 months, respectively.

On April 26, Macquarie downgraded HES stock from “outperform” to “neutral,” and KLR Group downgraded HES stock from “buy” to “hold.” On July 11, Barclays downgraded the stock from “equal-weight” to “underweight.”

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