Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) currently has an A verage Broker Rating of 1.92. This number is based on the 12 sell-side firms polled by Zacks. The ABR rank within the industry stands at 19. Analysts on a consensus basis are expecting that the stock will reach $72.15 within the year. The ABR is provided by Zacks which simplfies analyst ratings into an integer based number. They use a one to five scale where they translate brokerage firm Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations into an average broker rating. A low number in the 1-2 range typically indicates a Buy, 3 represents a Hold and 4-5 represents a consensus Sell rating.
An evaluation of a stock’s expected performance and/or its risk level as judged by a rating agency such as Standard and Poor’s. A stock rating will usually tell the investor how well a stock’s market value relates to what analysts believe is a fair value for the stock, based on an objective evaluation of the company. The greater the amount by which the fair value exceeds the market value, the more highly recommended a buy the stock is. Conversely, if the market value of the stock exceeds the fair value of the stock, then analysts recommend that the stock be sold.
Keeping watch on technicals may involve many different plans and scenarios. Investors may be seeking to get some clarity about a certain stock’s history, and eventually try to project the future. With so much historical data available, investors may choose to look at many different time frames when examining a stock. Going back days, months, of even years, may help broaden the scope and help investors see the bigger picture. When companies gear up to release the next round of quarterly earnings results, investors will be closely watching to see how profitable the overall quarter was. Occasionally, low expectations may provide ample impetus for future stock gains. Per usual, there will most likely be big winners and losers depending on the strength of the individual reports.
Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) closed the last session at $59.56 and sees an average of 3193304.25 shares trade hands in each session. The 52-week low of the stock stands at $36.43 while the current level stands at 60.61% of the 52-week High-Low range. Looking further out we can see that the stock has moved 3.06% over the past 12 weeks and 47.06% year to date.
Research analysts are predicting that Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) will report earnings of $-0.2 per share when the firm issues their next quarterly report. This is the consensus earnings per share number according to data from Zack’s Research.
Most recently Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) posted quarterly earnings of $-0.09 which compared to the sell-side estimates of -0.1. The stock’s 12-month trailing earnings per share stands at $0.07. Shares have moved $-0.42 over the past month and more recently, $-0.1 over the past week heading into the earnings announcement. There are 7 analyst projections that were taken into consideration from respected brokerage firms.
8 analysts rate Hess Corporation a Buy or Strong Buy, which is 66.67% of all the analyst ratings.
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