Reviewing Woodside Energy Group (OTCMKTS:WOPEY) & Extraction Oil & Gas (OTCMKTS:XOGAQ)

Institutional & Insider Ownership

38.6% of Extraction Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Extraction Oil & Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Extraction Oil & Gas and Woodside Energy Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Extraction Oil & Gas	-223.86%	-56.20%	-11.52%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Extraction Oil & Gas and Woodside Energy Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Extraction Oil & Gas	$906.64 million	0.01	-$1.39 billion	($0.46)	-0.13
Woodside Energy Group	$7.10 billion	2.28	$1.98 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Extraction Oil & Gas.

Risk & Volatility

Extraction Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Woodside Energy Group beats Extraction Oil & Gas on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Extraction Oil & Gas

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid reserves in the Rocky Mountain region, primarily in the Wattenberg Field of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin of Colorado. The company also engages in the construction and support of midstream assets to gather, process, and produce crude oil and gas. As of December 31, 2019, it had approximately 169,900 net acres of contiguous acreage blocks in the productive areas of the DJ Basin; held approximately 125,500 net acres outside of the Core DJ Basin; had estimated proved reserves of approximately 254.1 MMBoe; and had 1,509 gross producing wells. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. On June 14, 2020, Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

About Woodside Energy Group

Woodside Energy Group Ltd engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, marketing, and sale of hydrocarbons in Oceania, Asia, Canada, Africa, and internationally. The company produces liquefied natural gas, pipeline natural gas, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, and crude oil. It holds interests in the Greater Browse, Greater Sunrise, Greater Pluto, Greater Exmouth, North West Shelf, Wheatstone, Julimar-Brunello, Canada, Senegal, Greater Scarborough, and Myanmar projects. 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.