Head to Head Review: Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) versus Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO)

Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talos Energy	3.95%	-1.98%	-0.86%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Talos Energy and Woodside Energy Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talos Energy	0	2	6	0	2.75
Woodside Energy Group	0	5	1	0	2.17

Talos Energy presently has a consensus target price of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 97.46%. Given Talos Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Talos Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Talos 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
Talos Energy	$1.97 billion	0.66	$187.33 million	($0.51)	-14.27
Woodside Energy Group	$13.18 billion	1.86	$1.66 billion	$0.82	15.74

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Talos Energy. Talos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.3% of Talos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Talos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Talos Energy has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

About Talos Energy

Talos Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States and Mexico. It also engages in the development of carbon capture and sequestration. Talos Energy Inc. was founded in 2011 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.