** Hess Midstream's HESM.N shares down 2.6% at $35.90
before the bell following pricing of overnight secondary
offering
** Hess Corp HES.N -subsidiary late Weds announced 11 mln
shares sold by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) with
Citigroup as sole bookrunner
** Offering size increased from 10 mln shares
** Fund manager GIP's stake reduced from 20.7% to 15.4%, or
~34 mln shares, per SEC prospectus filing
** HESM has ~220.8 mln total shares outstanding for $8.1 bln
market cap, and ~90.3 mln shares of free float, per LSEG data
** Shares on Weds closed at $36.87, up 16.6% YTD
** Avg rating among 5 analysts covering HESM is "buy" and
median PT is $40 - LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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