WDS vs. EC, GBR, PBR, VOC, BAK, CSAN, HUSA, MXC, BRN, and USEG
Should you be buying Woodside Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodside Energy Group include Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Braskem (BAK), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mexco Energy (MXC), Barnwell Industries (BRN), and U.S. Energy (USEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Ecopetrol currently has a consensus price target of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 3.79%. Given Woodside Energy Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 12 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ecopetrol and 2 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ecopetrol received 296 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Ecopetrol pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 0.00%. Woodside Energy Group's return on equity of 10.84% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Woodside Energy Group.
Summary
Ecopetrol beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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