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Woodside Energy Group (WDS) Competitors

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WDS vs. BP, PBR, CNQ, EQNR, E, SU, EXE, CVE, PBA, and CTRA

Should you be buying Woodside Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodside Energy Group include BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), and Coterra Energy (CTRA). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Woodside Energy Group vs.

BP (NYSE:BP) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

BP currently has a consensus target price of $35.28, indicating a potential upside of 20.80%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BP
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Woodside Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BP has a net margin of 0.20% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. BP's return on equity of 10.96% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BP0.20% 10.96% 3.24%
Woodside Energy Group N/A N/A N/A

BP received 1194 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BPOutperform Votes
1199
66.95%
Underperform Votes
592
33.05%
Woodside Energy GroupOutperform Votes
5
26.32%
Underperform Votes
14
73.68%

BP has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Woodside Energy Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BP. BP 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BP$187.21B0.42$381M-$0.46-63.49
Woodside Energy Group$13.18B2.02$1.66B$0.8217.06

In the previous week, BP had 9 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BP and 5 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat BP's score of 0.36 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BP
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Woodside Energy Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. BP pays out -413.0% 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.

Summary

BP beats Woodside Energy Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WDS vs. The Competition

MetricWoodside Energy GroupCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.54B$7.71B$7.34B$19.70B
Dividend Yield7.19%23.98%10.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.0410.5654.3035.13
Price / Sales2.027.5523,732.6436.41
Price / Cash4.937.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.761.593.534.78
Net Income$1.66B$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.96%-0.80%-0.55%0.77%
1 Month Performance9.90%5.85%8.62%12.21%
1 Year Performance-24.99%-15.99%177.46%5.43%

Woodside Energy Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8034 of 5 stars
$13.86
-0.5%
N/A-25.8%$26.35B$13.18B16.924,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BP
BP
3.2887 of 5 stars
$30.19
+1.4%
$36.06
+19.4%
-21.6%$81.97B$187.21B377.4365,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9743 of 5 stars
$12.06
+2.2%
$17.81
+47.8%
-20.5%$77.69B$91.42B4.7145,100Dividend Increase
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8161 of 5 stars
$31.40
+2.9%
$63.00
+100.6%
-20.5%$65.78B$44.80B12.209,740Positive News
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.779 of 5 stars
$23.12
+0.4%
$20.85
-9.8%
-16.5%$64.56B$106.80B7.4321,100Analyst Downgrade
E
ENI
2.3002 of 5 stars
$29.57
+0.4%
$31.60
+6.9%
-6.7%$49.91B$88.43B17.7132,700
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7452 of 5 stars
$35.85
+2.6%
$59.20
+65.1%
-11.6%$44.21B$54.91B10.3916,600Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
2.9498 of 5 stars
$110.92
-1.3%
$123.22
+11.1%
N/A$26.40B$5.34B68.471,000
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9402 of 5 stars
$13.71
+3.6%
$25.75
+87.8%
-34.1%$24.99B$57.73B11.336,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.3198 of 5 stars
$36.96
-0.3%
$56.00
+51.5%
+0.9%$21.47B$8.01B15.272,670News Coverage
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9834 of 5 stars
$24.13
+3.2%
$33.75
+39.9%
-12.4%$18.44B$5.93B14.54980Positive News
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This page (NYSE:WDS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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