Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Hess Corporation’s current trading price is -19.27% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 6.94%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $123.79 and $163.98. The company, active in the Energy sector, saw a trading volume of around 2.48 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 2.04 million observed over the last three months.
In terms of market performance, Hess Corporation had a somewhat inconsistent run in. The highest value for the stock in the past year was $163.98 on 04/29/24, while the lowest value was $123.79 on 09/11/24.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Hess Corporation (HES) has experienced a quarterly decline of -8.62% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 40.95B and boasts a workforce of 1797 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 142.78, with a change in price of -13.92. Similarly, Hess Corporation recorded 1,966,727 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -9.51%.
How HES’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for HES stands at 0.84. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.81.
HES Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Hess Corporation over the last 50 days is at 21.54%. This shows a increasee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 21.54%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 17.66% and 14.23%, respectively.
HES Stock Price Performance Analysis
The stock price performance over the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in a range of outlooks from optimistic to pessimistic depending on the observer. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded a decrease of -0.47%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -5.17%. The price of HES decreased -16.37% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 3.46%.
