WDS Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Woodside Energy Group Limited American Depositary Shares Each Representing One Ordinary Share | NYSE:WDS)

Incorporated in 1954 and named after the small Victorian town of Woodside, Woodside's early exploration focus moved from Victoria's Gippsland Basin to Western Australia's Carnarvon Basin. First LNG production from the North West Shelf came in 1984. BHP Billiton and Shell each had 40% shareholdings before BHP sold out in 1994 and Shell sold down to 34%. In 2017 Shell sold its entire shareholding. Woodside is one of the most LNG-leveraged companies globally.

Woodside Energy Group Limited American Depositary Shares Each Representing One Ordinary Share trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WDS.

As of January 6, 2026, WDS stock price declined to $15.61 with 1,162,987 million shares trading.

WDS has a beta of 1.17, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. WDS has a correlation of 0.28 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WDS has a market cap of $29.68 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, WDS traded as high as $26.93 and as low as $11.26.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WDS belongs to (by Net Assets): FCG, APIE, DFAX, AVDE, GMOI.

WDS has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +8.9%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. In the last 3 month period, WDS fell short of the market, returning +2.4%, while SPY returned +3.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WDS has outperformed the stock market by returning +2.5%, while SPY returned +1.0%.

WDS support price is $15.43 and resistance is $15.95 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WDS shares will trade within this expected range on the day.