Financial Review: Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) versus Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS)

Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Verde Clean Fuels and Woodside Energy Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verde Clean Fuels	1	0	0	0	1.00
Woodside Energy Group	0	1	0	1	3.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Verde Clean Fuels and Woodside Energy Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	N/A	-$6.96 million	($0.35)	-4.23
Woodside Energy Group	$12.98 billion	2.94	$2.72 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Verde Clean Fuels.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Verde Clean Fuels	N/A	-11.33%	-10.89%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Woodside Energy Group beats Verde Clean Fuels on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Verde Clean Fuels

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc., operates as a clean energy technology company in the United States. It specializes in the conversion of synthesis gas, or syngas, derived from feedstocks, such as biomass, natural gas, and other feedstocks into liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as gasoline through proprietary liquid fuels technology. Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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.