Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (NYSE: WDS) is -4.55% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.10 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 $14.71 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.18%.
Currently trading at $14.89, the stock is 1.53% and -1.54% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.82 million and changing 1.22% at the moment leaves the stock -9.79% off its SMA200. WDS registered -24.42% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.1224 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.506.
The stock witnessed a -3.69% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.72%, and is 3.26% 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 1.48% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (WDS) has around 4718 employees, a market worth around $28.23B and $13.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.98 and Fwd P/E is 18.02. Profit margin for the company is 25.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.57% and -26.65% 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 -29.03% this year
334.0 institutions hold shares in Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR (WDS), with institutional investors hold 1.48% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.90B, and float is at 1.90B with Short Float at 0.11%. Institutions hold 1.48% of the Float.
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 0.1817 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.
