Woodside Energy Ownership

WDS Stock  USD 14.20  0.22  1.53%   
Woodside Energy Group retains a total of 1.9 Billion outstanding shares. Roughly 98.52 (%) of Woodside Energy outstanding shares are held by general public with 1.48 percent by institutional investors. Please note that on June 8, 2023, Representative Brian Babin of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Woodside Energy Group's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1987-03-31
Previous Quarter
1.9 B
Current Value
1.9 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
821.1 M
Quarterly Volatility
284.2 M
 
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Woodside Stock Ownership Analysis

The company has Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.79. Historically many companies with similar price-to-book (P/B) ratio do better than the market in the long run. Woodside Energy Group last dividend was issued on the 7th of March 2025. The entity had 597:589 split on the 20th of February 2018. Woodside Energy Group Ltd engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, marketing, and sale of hydrocarbons in Oceania, Asia, Canada, Africa, and internationally. Woodside Energy Group Ltd was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia. Woodside Energy operates under Oil Gas EP classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 3684 people. For more information please call the company at 61 8 9348 4000 or visit https://www.woodside.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Woodside Energy also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Woodside Energy's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Woodside Energy's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Woodside Energy Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

61.26 Billion

Woodside Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Woodside Energy is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Woodside Energy Group backward and forwards among themselves. Woodside Energy's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Woodside Energy's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co2024-12-31
487.5 K
Ubs Group Ag2024-12-31
472.3 K
Raymond James & Associates2024-09-30
452.1 K
Millennium Management Llc2024-12-31
394.3 K
Voloridge Investment Management, Llc2024-12-31
345.4 K
Summit Global Investments2024-12-31
340.3 K
Citadel Advisors Llc2024-12-31
288.6 K
Quantinno Capital Management Lp2024-12-31
256.8 K
Fisher Asset Management, Llc2024-12-31
252.7 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-12-31
3.7 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2024-12-31
M
Note, although Woodside Energy's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Woodside Energy's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Woodside Energy Group, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Woodside Energy by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2023-06-08Representative Brian BabinAcquired Under $15KVerify
2023-01-19Representative Michael Patrick GuestAcquired Under $15KVerify

Woodside Energy Outstanding Bonds

Woodside Energy issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Woodside Energy Group uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Woodside bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Woodside Energy Group has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Woodside Energy Corporate Filings

6K
12th of March 2025
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27th of February 2025
Other Reports
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25th of February 2025
Other Reports
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9th of September 2024
Prospectus used primarily for registering securities for public sale.
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