Hess Corporation HES

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
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Ranked against 92 peers in Oil & Gas E&P

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Pricing Power

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Where HES ranks in Oil & Gas E&P

Hess Corporation ranks #86 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 92%. The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
82 Empire Petroleum Corporation EP 10/100 Weak
83 U.S. Energy Corp. USEG 8/100 Weak
84 New Era Helium Inc Warrants NEHCW 5/100 Weak
85 Berry Corporation (bry) BRY 0/100 Weak
86 Hess Corporation HES 0/100 Weak
87 HighPeak Energy, Inc. HPKEW 0/100 Weak
88 Houston American Energy Corpora HUSA 0/100 Weak
89 New Era Helium Inc NEHC 0/100 Weak
90 PHX Minerals Inc. PHX 0/100 Weak

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How HES scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Not measurable · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HES's moat

What is Hess Corporation's moat score?

Hess Corporation (HES) scores 0 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #86 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 92%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P.

How does Hess Corporation compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?

Hess Corporation ranks #86 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Berry Corporation (bry) (BRY) at 0 just above it and HighPeak Energy, Inc. (HPKEW) at 0 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Hess Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Hess Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HES scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (not measurable), Resilience (not measurable), Scale & Market Position (not measurable). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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