OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION vs Woodside Energy Group Ltd, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Economically these are two producers of different molecules and jurisdictions: Occidental's US oil-plus-chemicals against Woodside's Australian LNG. Occidental earns the higher return on equity, 12.1% against 6.87%, and nets 22.4% of revenue to Woodside's 21.1%, near-matched margins. Occidental carries 0.39 turns of acquisition debt against Woodside's clean sheet; Woodside yields far more free cash, 20% against 6.7%. Both trade cheap, 12.6 and 13.2 times earnings. The pair prices US oil-and-chemicals against Australian gas; Occidental's oil weighting earns the better return, Woodside's LNG the fatter cash yield and Asian-demand exposure, and the market values both as cheap, cash-generative resource plays on different sides of the energy transition.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | OXY | WDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.98 | $18.95 |
| Market cap | $50.3B | $35.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 12.6 | 13.2 |
| P/B | 1.27 | 0.90 |
| P/S | 2.36 | 2.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +4.5% | +29.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 29.9% |
| Net margin | 22.4% | 21.1% |
| Return on equity | 12.1% | 6.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.9% | 4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 6.7% | 20.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.39 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.73 | 1.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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