Woodside Energy Group (WDS) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WDS or BP?

42.1% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate WDS or BP?

BP has a consensus price target of GBX 632, suggesting a potential upside of 67.11%. Given BP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is WDS or BP more profitable?

Woodside Energy Group has a net margin of 14.76% compared to BP's net margin of 3.69%. BP's return on equity of 9.52% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Woodside Energy Group	14.76%	5.32%	2.90%
BP	3.69%	9.52%	4.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, WDS or BP?

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDS or BP a better dividend stock?

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 13,378.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP pays out 6,969.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDS or BP?

BP received 1686 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A
BP	Outperform Votes 1686 71.29%	Underperform Votes 679 28.71%

Does the media favor WDS or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 9 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BP and 1 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of 0.20 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, WDS or BP?

BP has higher revenue and earnings than Woodside Energy Group. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Woodside Energy Group	£12.58B	1.84	£1.86B	£0.74	1,648.65
BP	£199.76B	0.30	£7.37B	£0.33	1,146.06

Summary

BP beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.