WDS vs. CTRA, EC, FANG, MRO, DVN, EQT, OVV, APA, CHK, and SSL
Should you be buying Woodside Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodside Energy Group include Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Marathon Oil (MRO), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Ovintiv (OVV), APA (APA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coterra Energy and 5 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Coterra Energy's score of 0.69 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coterra Energy received 25 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 28.57% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote while only 26.21% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Coterra Energy has a consensus target price of $31.47, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 40.12% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Coterra Energy's return on equity of 23.06% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.
Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy.
Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Coterra Energy pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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