WDS vs. BP, HBR, KOS, ENOG, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, TLW, EGY, and DEC
Should you be buying Woodside Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodside Energy Group include BP (BP), Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Energean (ENOG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Diversified Energy (DEC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
BP (LON:BP) and Woodside Energy Group (LON:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, BP had 7 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BP and 0 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat BP's score of 0.00 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.2% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Woodside Energy Group has a net margin of 11.86% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 4.62%. Woodside Energy Group's return on equity of 11.47% beat BP's return on equity.
BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 110 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. BP pays out 5,348.8% 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 pays out 15,942.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BP has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BP presently has a consensus target price of GBX 628.57, indicating a potential upside of 27.94%. Given Woodside Energy Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
BP received 1684 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
BP beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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