The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 22% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 49%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR WDS
Clears the common standard
An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.
In plain words · Woodside Energy Group Ltd engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, marketing, and sale of hydrocarbons in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and the Europe.
read at $21.80
Woodside Energy Group Ltd ADR holds its Distribution at $21.80.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Distribution label
- INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
- SCScreen · passes the values gate
- edge confirmed
- edge broken
- edge forming
Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.
The investor read · the season, not the day
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 272 days |
| Price | $21.80 |
| Valuation | 15.35 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | -0.26 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Trailing P/E | 15.4x reasonably valued |
| Revenue growth | -11.1% revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 20.9% healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 7.2% a modest return on shareholder capital |
| Debt to equity | 0.34 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 1.59 healthy short-term liquidity |
| Beta | -0.26 barely tracks the market's swings |
| Market cap | $41.4B |
| Employees | 4,693 |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to Australia and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Latest news · what the market is reading on WDS
- › BP Sees More Leadership Changes Rigzone.com · 1 Jul 2026
- › Woodside assumes operatorship of Gippsland Basin assets Offshore Technology · 1 Jul 2026
- › Is Woodside Energy Group Ltd (WDS) a Mispriced Opportunity? Insider Monkey · 25 Jun 2026
- › Woodside Wins Contract to Supply Gas to Alcoa Rigzone.com · 24 Jun 2026
- › ExxonMobil Has Its Sights on Its Next Megamerger. Here's the Oil Stock It Should Buy. Motley Fool · 18 Jun 2026
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference — not our reporting, not advice.
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The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
The political ledger · congressional disclosures
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Brian Babin | Republican | Sale | 1K–15K |
| 2026-04-24 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | Purchase | 1K–15K |
| 2026-04-13 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | Sale | 1K–15K |
What holding actually paid · price plus dividends
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $22.27 | -1.1% | · | $989 | -1.1% |
| 2 months | $23.68 | -7.0% | · | $930 | -7.0% |
| 3 months | $22.33 | -1.3% | · | $987 | -1.3% |
| 6 months | $15.94 | +38.2% | $0.59 | $1,419 | +41.9% |
| 1 year | $14.80 | +48.9% | $0.59 | $1,528 | +52.8% |
| 2 years | $16.45 | +33.9% | $1.81 | $1,449 | +44.9% |
| 3 years | $19.77 | +11.5% | $3.21 | $1,277 | +27.7% |
| 5 years | $13.01 | +69.3% | $7.09 | $2,238 | +123.8% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.