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. It produces liquefied natural gas, pipeline gas, crude oil and condensate, and natural gas liquids. The company holds interests in the Pluto LNG, North West Shelf, Wheatstone and Julimar-Brunello, Bass Strait, Ngujima-Yin FPSO, Okha …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.71), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.81), with robust interest coverage.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.36), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
Woodside Energy Group Limited ranks #25 of 93
scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 27%.
The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near WDS in Oil & Gas E&P
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 78
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 43
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 59
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 74
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 56
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Woodside Energy Group Limited's moat score?
Woodside Energy Group Limited (WDS) scores 61 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #25 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 27%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (78/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (43/100).
How does Woodside Energy Group Limited compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?
Woodside Energy Group Limited ranks #25 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are SM Energy Company (SM) at 61 just above it and Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (REPX) at 60 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Woodside Energy Group Limited scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Woodside Energy Group Limited?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and WDS scores: Pricing Power (63), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (43), Capital Efficiency (59), Resilience (74), Scale & Market Position (56). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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