WDS vs. EC, GBR, PBR, SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, and E
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), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and ENI (E). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 8 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ecopetrol and 2 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Ecopetrol pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus target price of $11.27, indicating a potential downside of 8.36%. Given Woodside Energy Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
Ecopetrol received 296 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.20% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.
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 has higher revenue and earnings than Woodside Energy Group.
Summary
Ecopetrol beats Woodside Energy Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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