Short Interest in Hess Midstream LP (NYSE:HESM) Expands By 26.9%

Hess Midstream LP (NYSE:HESM) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,120,000 shares, an increase of 26.9% from the December 15th total of 5,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 780,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.1 days.

Hess Midstream Price Performance

Shares of HESM stock traded up $0.90 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $41.20. 1,042,482 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 852,611. Hess Midstream has a fifty-two week low of $32.03 and a fifty-two week high of $41.37. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $37.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $36.56. The company has a market cap of $8.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.46 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.85, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.05. Hess Midstream had a net margin of 13.06% and a return on equity of 47.87%. The company had revenue of $378.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $376.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share. Hess Midstream’s quarterly revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Hess Midstream will post 2.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hess Midstream Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th were paid a dividend of $0.6846 per share. This represents a $2.74 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.65%. This is an increase from Hess Midstream’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 7th. Hess Midstream’s payout ratio is 116.10%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hess Midstream

In other news, CFO Jonathan C. Stein sold 7,923 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.32, for a total transaction of $279,840.36. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 59,945 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,117,257.40. This represents a 11.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Hess Midstream

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Hess Midstream by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC now owns 13,035 shares of the company’s stock worth $483,000 after buying an additional 286 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in shares of Hess Midstream by 7.9% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,970 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,000 after buying an additional 1,024 shares during the last quarter. Stokes Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Hess Midstream by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Stokes Capital Advisors LLC now owns 148,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,509,000 after buying an additional 1,725 shares during the last quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP raised its stake in shares of Hess Midstream by 11.9% during the fourth quarter. Artemis Investment Management LLP now owns 851,203 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,520,000 after buying an additional 90,521 shares during the last quarter. Finally, A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel Inc. raised its stake in shares of Hess Midstream by 23.7% during the fourth quarter. A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 29,460 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,090,000 after buying an additional 5,650 shares during the last quarter. 98.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Hess Midstream Company Profile

Hess Midstream LP owns, develops, operates, and acquires midstream assets and provide fee-based services to Hess and third-party customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Gathering; Processing and Storage; and Terminaling and Export. The Gathering segment owns natural gas gathering and compression systems; crude oil gathering systems; and produced water gathering and disposal facilities.