Occidental Petroleum vs Woodside Energy
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The short version
- Occidental Petroleum is the larger business, with $21.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $13.0B for Woodside Energy, about 1.7 times as much.
- Woodside Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.1%, against 4.9%).
| Latest fiscal year | OXY Β· FY25 | WDS Β· FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $65.0B | $45.3B |
| Revenue | $21.6B | $13.0B |
| Free cash flow | $4.1B | β |
| Net income | $2.4B | $2.7B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | β1.9% | β1.5% |
| 5-year growth | 3.9% | 29.3% |
| Share count change | 3.4% | 0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | β | 34.9% |
| Operating margin | β | 30.0% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 20.9% |
| FCF margin | 19.0% | β |
| Return on capital | 4.9% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | 6.7% | 7.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $20.4B | $6.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7x | 0.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.6B | $2.1B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 9.9x | β |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
Revenue
FY16
OXY $10.1B
WDS β
FY17
OXY $12.5B
WDS β
FY18
OXY $17.8B
WDS β
FY19
OXY $20.9B
WDS β
FY20
OXY $17.8B
WDS $3.6B
FY21
OXY $26.0B
WDS $7.0B
FY22
OXY $36.6B
WDS $16.8B
FY23
OXY $23.2B
WDS $14.0B
FY24
OXY $22.0B
WDS $13.2B
FY25
OXY $21.6B
WDS $13.0B
OXY
WDS
Operating margin
FY16
OXY β
WDS β
FY17
OXY β
WDS β
FY18
OXY β
WDS β
FY19
OXY β
WDS β
FY20
OXY β
WDS β143.6%
FY21
OXY β
WDS 50.2%
FY22
OXY β
WDS 54.6%
FY23
OXY β
WDS 23.6%
FY24
OXY β
WDS 34.3%
FY25
OXY β
WDS 30.0%
OXY
WDS
Free cash flow
FY16
OXY $667M
WDS β
FY17
OXY $1.3B
WDS β
FY18
OXY $2.7B
WDS β
FY19
OXY $1.0B
WDS β
FY20
OXY $1.4B
WDS β
FY21
OXY $7.6B
WDS β
FY22
OXY $12.3B
WDS β
FY23
OXY $6.6B
WDS β
FY24
OXY $5.2B
WDS β
FY25
OXY $4.1B
WDS β
OXY
WDS
Return on capital
FY16
OXY β
WDS β
FY17
OXY β
WDS β
FY18
OXY 15.4%
WDS β
FY19
OXY 1.4%
WDS β
FY20
OXY β18.4%
WDS β
FY21
OXY 8.0%
WDS β
FY22
OXY 29.7%
WDS 23.8%
FY23
OXY 8.2%
WDS 7.1%
FY24
OXY 6.9%
WDS 9.1%
FY25
OXY 4.9%
WDS 7.1%
OXY
WDS
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.