Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (NYSE: WDS) is -23.66% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $15.28 and a high of $21.62 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WDS stock was last observed hovering at around $15.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.52%.
Currently trading at $16.10, the stock is -0.86% and -4.00% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.29 million and changing 3.34% at the moment leaves the stock -12.45% off its SMA200. WDS registered -23.98% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.8138 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $18.4099.
The stock witnessed a -6.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.94%, and is 2.22% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.73% over the week and 1.56% over the month.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (WDS) has around 4667 employees, a market worth around $30.52B and $12.69B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.58 and Fwd P/E is 14.20. Profit margin for the company is 14.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.33% and -25.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.50%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.77% this year
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC with over 4.0 million shares valued at $75.28 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.211 of the WDS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is MORGAN STANLEY with 3.44 million shares valued at $64.79 million to account for 0.1816 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC which holds 2.73 million shares representing 0.1439 and valued at over $51.32 million, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 0.1273 of the shares totaling 2.41 million with a market value of $45.4 million.
