Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (NYSE: WDS) is -3.27% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.34 and a high of $20.30 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 $15.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.05%.
Currently trading at $15.09, the stock is -0.80% and -2.33% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.13 million and changing -0.33% at the moment leaves the stock -10.14% off its SMA200. WDS registered -23.59% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.31%.
The stock witnessed a -2.58% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.33%, and is -2.71% down 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 2.63% over the week and 2.13% over the month.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (WDS) has around 4718 employees, a market worth around $28.61B and $13.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.08 and Fwd P/E is 17.88. Profit margin for the company is 25.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.23% and -25.67% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.79%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -28.97% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -0.40% year-over-year.
The shares outstanding are 1.90B, and float is at 1.90B with Short Float at 0.11%.
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 0.2111 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.
