Head to Head Analysis: Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) versus Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS)

Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Enlight Renewable Energy and Woodside Energy Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlight Renewable Energy	2	2	3	0	2.14
Woodside Energy Group	0	2	0	1	2.67

Enlight Renewable Energy currently has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential downside of 35.31%. Given Enlight Renewable Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlight Renewable Energy	22.69%	7.35%	1.82%
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Woodside Energy Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlight Renewable Energy	$582.26 million	N/A	$132.10 million	$1.02	65.92
Woodside Energy Group	$12.98 billion	3.00	$3.57 billion	N/A	N/A

Woodside Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than Enlight Renewable Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enlight Renewable Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enlight Renewable Energy

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

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.