WDS vs. BP, PBR, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, EXE, PBA, CVE, 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), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Coterra Energy (CTRA). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Woodside Energy Group vs.
Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. BP pays out 2,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Woodside Energy Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Woodside Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BP. Woodside Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP has a consensus target price of $36.73, indicating a potential upside of 28.66%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
BP received 1194 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BP had 25 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for BP and 15 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat BP's score of 0.07 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BP beats Woodside Energy Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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