Reviewing Siemens Energy (OTCMKTS:SMNEY) & Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Siemens Energy and Woodside Energy Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Siemens Energy	0	3	7	2	2.92
Woodside Energy Group	0	1	0	1	3.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Siemens Energy has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Siemens Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Siemens Energy pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Siemens Energy and Woodside Energy Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Siemens Energy	$43.21 billion	2.47	$1.56 billion	$2.44	51.07
Woodside Energy Group	$12.98 billion	2.91	$2.72 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Siemens Energy.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Siemens Energy	4.75%	18.48%	3.50%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Siemens Energy

Siemens Energy AG operates as an energy technology company worldwide. It operates through Gas Services, Grid Technologies, Transformation of Industry, and Siemens Gamesa segments. The company provides gas and steam turbines, generators, and heat pumps, as well as performance enhancement, maintenance, customer training, and professional consulting services for central and distributed power generation; and high voltage direct current transmission systems, offshore windfarm grid connections, transformers, flexible alternating current transmission systems, high voltage substations, air and gas-insulated switchgears, digital grid solutions and components, and storage solutions. It also offers electrolyzers, industrial steam turbines, industrial generators, turbo and reciprocating compressors, compressor trains, and other systems and solutions; onshore and onshore wind turbines; design, engineering, manufacturing, and installation solutions for onshore markets; offshore wind turbine equipment design, manufacturing, and installation solutions; and operation and maintenance services for wind farms. The company serves utilities, independent power producers, project developers, oil and gas, transmission and distribution system operators, and industrial and infrastructure customers. Siemens Energy AG was founded in 1866 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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.