Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Hess Corporation shares valued at $34,001,527 were sold by HESS JOHN B on Jun 06 ’25. At $136.01 per share, HESS JOHN B sold 250,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,734,679 shares worth approximately $243.06 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, HESS JOHN B sold 225,000 shares, netting a total of over 29,966,408 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $133.18 each, the insider now holds 1,984,679 shares.
Before that, JBH Investment Trust had added 250,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $33,262,500, the insider bought Hess Corporation shares for $133.05 each.
As published in a research note from Wells Fargo on December 09, 2024, Hess Corporation [HES] has been rated up from an Equal weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $193 from $151. Analysts at Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from ‘”a Peer perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. Earlier on November 07, 2023, Argus upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for HES stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing HES Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Hess Corporation [NYSE: HES] rose 1.45% to $140.12. The stock’s lowest price that day was $138.2, but it reached a high of $140.8 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.46%. Over the course of the year, Hess Corporation shares have dropped approximately -6.82%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $161.69 on 03/31/25 and a 52-week low of $124.33 on 04/11/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Hess Corporation (HES)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 138.59, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 137.05. In the upper region, resistance lies at 141.23. The next price resistance is at 142.33. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 54.78 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Hess Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of Hess Corporation saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 1.21 million shares to 10.1 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 8.89 million shares. A jump of 11.98% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.29 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.29.
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In terms of Hess Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 163 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.01% from the previous closing price of $138.12. Analysts anticipate Hess Corporation stock to reach 163 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 163. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Hess Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 02, 2023, Bernstein assigned a price target of “a Mkt perform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $166.
