WDS vs. EC, GBR, PBR, VOC, BAK, CSAN, HUSA, MXC, BRN, and USEG
Should you be buying Woodside Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodside Energy Group include Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Braskem (BAK), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mexco Energy (MXC), Barnwell Industries (BRN), and U.S. Energy (USEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by company 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.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Woodside Energy Group.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 0.00%. Woodside Energy Group's return on equity of 10.84% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Ecopetrol pays out 89.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ecopetrol received 296 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus target price of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 3.54%. Given Woodside Energy Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 11 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ecopetrol and 0 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ecopetrol beats Woodside Energy Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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