Hess is a global exploration and production company engaged in exploration, development, production, transportation, purchase and sale of crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas with production operations located primarily in the U.S., Guyana, the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area, and Malaysia. Co.'s Midstream operating segment provides fee-based services, including gathering, compressing and processing natural gas and fractionating NGL; gathering, terminaling, loading and transporting crude oil and NGL; storing and terminaling propane, and water handling services primarily in the Bakken shale play in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. We show 56 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our HES shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute HES market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing HES market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing HES's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of HES versus a peer is one thing; comparing
HES market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like HES can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching HES by allowing them to research the HES market cap history. |
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