Reviewing Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) & Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE)

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Bloom Energy and Woodside Energy Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	3	10	10	1	2.38
Woodside Energy Group	0	3	1	1	2.60

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $100.57, suggesting a potential downside of 30.46%. Given Bloom Energy’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and Woodside Energy Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	0.84%	8.74%	2.08%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.01, suggesting that its share price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and Woodside Energy Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	23.21	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A
Woodside Energy Group	$13.18 billion	2.41	$3.57 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Woodside Energy Group

Woodside Energy Group Ltd engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, and marketing of hydrocarbons in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and the Europe. The company produces liquefied natural gas, pipeline gas, crude oil and condensate, and natural gas liquids. It holds interests in the Pluto LNG, North West Shelf, Wheatstone and Julimar-Brunello, Bass Strait, Ngujima-Yin FPSO, Okha FPSO, Pyrenees FPSO, Macedon, Shenzi, Mad dog, Greater Angostura, as well as Scarborough, Sangomar, Trion, Calypso, Browse, Liard, Atlantis, Woodside Solar opportunity, and Sunrise and Troubadour. The company involves in development of new energy products and carbon services. The company was formerly known as Woodside Petroleum Ltd and changed its name to Woodside Energy Group Ltd in May 2022. Woodside Energy Group Ltd was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.