Contrasting Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ)

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cameco and Hess Midstream Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0	4	11	0	2.73
Hess Midstream Partners	3	5	1	0	1.78

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $148.12, suggesting a potential upside of 103.25%. Hess Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.05%. Given Cameco’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Hess Midstream Partners.

Dividends

Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Hess Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Cameco pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream Partners pays out 108.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cameco has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hess Midstream Partners has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Hess Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cameco and Hess Midstream Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$2.49 billion	12.74	$421.96 million	$0.66	110.42
Hess Midstream Partners	$1.62 billion	3.88	$352.90 million	$2.92	10.44

Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than Hess Midstream Partners. Hess Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Cameco and Hess Midstream Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	11.44%	7.01%	4.84%
Hess Midstream Partners	23.49%	94.12%	8.72%

Volatility & Risk

Cameco has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cameco beats Hess Midstream Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cameco

Cameco is a Canadian uranium company involved in the exploration, mining, milling, refining and conversion of uranium. Its operations include major uranium assets in Saskatchewan, and it has an interest in the Inkai uranium operation in Kazakhstan. The company supplies uranium and related products to nuclear energy producers around the world. Cameco also provides nuclear fuel services, including uranium conversion and the manufacture of fuel bundles for CANDU reactors. In addition, it owns a 49% interest in Westinghouse Electric Company, a supplier of nuclear power plant technologies, services and fuel.

About Hess Midstream Partners

Hess Midstream LP owns and operates midstream infrastructure that gathers, processes, transports and stores crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids produced in the Bakken and Three Forks formations. Its services support oil and gas production in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. The company’s assets include crude oil and natural gas gathering systems, natural gas compression and processing facilities, and infrastructure for transporting and handling natural gas liquids. It also provides water gathering and disposal services used in oil and gas operations.