International Seaways (NYSE:INSW – Get Free Report) and Hess Midstream Partners (NYSE:HESM – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
International Seaways has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for International Seaways and Hess Midstream Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| International Seaways | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Hess Midstream Partners | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.88 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares International Seaways and Hess Midstream Partners”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| International Seaways | $843.30 million | 6.01 | $309.26 million | $15.64 | 6.54 |
| Hess Midstream Partners | $1.62 billion | 5.07 | $352.90 million | $2.90 | 13.74 |
Hess Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than International Seaways. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares International Seaways and Hess Midstream Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| International Seaways | 61.98% | 31.75% | 23.54% |
| Hess Midstream Partners | 23.23% | 92.18% | 8.62% |
Dividends
International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Hess Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. International Seaways pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess Midstream Partners pays out 109.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
67.3% of International Seaways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Hess Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of International Seaways shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hess Midstream Partners beats International Seaways on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About International Seaways
International Seaways, Inc. owns and operates a fleet of oceangoing vessels for the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products in the international flag trade. It operates in two segments: Crude Tankers and Product Carriers. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned a fleet of 73 vessels. It serves independent and state-owned oil companies, oil traders, refinery operators, and international government entities. The company was formerly known as OSG International, Inc. and changed its name to International Seaways, Inc. in October 2016. International Seaways, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Hess Midstream Partners
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. Its gathering systems consists of approximately 1,410 miles of high and low pressure natural gas and natural gas liquids gathering pipelines with capacity of approximately 660 million cubic feet per day; crude oil gathering system comprises approximately 570 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines; and produced water gathering system that includes approximately 300 miles of pipelines in gathering systems. The Processing and Storage segment comprises Tioga Gas Plant, a natural gas processing and fractionation plant located in Tioga, North Dakota; a 50% interest in the Little Missouri 4 gas processing plant located in south of the Missouri River in McKenzie County, North Dakota; and Mentor Storage Terminal, a propane storage cavern and rail, and truck loading and unloading facility located in Mentor, Minnesota. The Terminaling and Export segment owns Ramberg terminal facility; Tioga rail terminal; crude oil rail cars; and other Dakota access pipeline connections, as well as Johnson's Corner Header System, a crude oil pipeline header system. Hess Midstream LP was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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