PR vs. WDS, EXE, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, VNOM, and OVV
Should you be buying Permian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permian Resources include Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources vs. Its Competitors
Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Permian Resources pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodside Energy Group pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Permian Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Permian Resources has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Permian Resources has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.96% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.
Permian Resources received 75 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.80% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.
Permian Resources currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.04%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
In the previous week, Permian Resources had 17 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Permian Resources and 2 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.26 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Permian Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Woodside Energy Group on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PR) was last updated on 6/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
