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Australian (ASX) Energy Sector Analysis

UpdatedJul 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies110
  • 7D-6.8%
  • 3M-4.6%
  • 1Y-14.0%
  • YTD-8.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Energy industry has dropped 6.8%, driven by Woodside Energy Group declining 9.0%. On the other hand New Zealand Oil & Gas is actually up 11%. The industry has fallen 14% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 11% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Energy Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Jul 2024AU$126.5bAU$113.1bAU$7.5b8.2x16.9x1.1x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024AU$130.2bAU$112.9bAU$7.5b9.1x17.3x1.2x
Tue, 21 May 2024AU$136.1bAU$112.7bAU$7.5b8.1x18.2x1.2x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024AU$137.3bAU$114.1bAU$7.7b7.9x17.8x1.2x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024AU$132.4bAU$114.1bAU$8.0b7.4x16.5x1.2x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024AU$139.2bAU$129.4bAU$19.6b6.2x7.1x1.1x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024AU$138.1bAU$128.5bAU$19.2b5.8x7.2x1.1x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023AU$128.7bAU$129.2bAU$19.5b5.8x6.6x1x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023AU$138.0bAU$129.6bAU$19.6b6x7x1.1x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023AU$146.7bAU$130.3bAU$19.8b6.3x7.4x1.1x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023AU$146.7bAU$130.3bAU$20.4b5.4x7.2x1.1x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023AU$145.4bAU$127.8bAU$23.2b5.5x6.3x1.1x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023AU$131.9bAU$127.7bAU$23.1b6.1x5.7x1x
Wed, 24 May 2023AU$148.9bAU$130.0bAU$24.3b6.6x6.1x1.1x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023AU$145.7bAU$129.4bAU$24.1b6.7x6x1.1x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023AU$149.6bAU$144.3bAU$23.6b6.2x6.3x1x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023AU$164.7bAU$108.7bAU$14.1b7.8x11.7x1.5x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023AU$163.5bAU$108.9bAU$14.1b7.1x11.6x1.5x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022AU$158.5bAU$109.4bAU$14.3b6.8x11.1x1.4x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022AU$171.3bAU$110.8bAU$14.6b7.3x11.7x1.5x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022AU$159.4bAU$110.5bAU$14.6b6.9x11x1.4x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022AU$158.6bAU$107.4bAU$13.3b7.9x12x1.5x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022AU$149.4bAU$79.0bAU$4.7b12.5x32.1x1.9x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022AU$143.9bAU$79.0bAU$4.7b11.4x30.8x1.8x
Thu, 26 May 2022AU$122.1bAU$78.7bAU$4.6b10.7x26.5x1.6x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022AU$125.1bAU$78.1bAU$4.5b12.5x27.7x1.6x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022AU$124.6bAU$78.4bAU$5.0b13.7x24.7x1.6x
Wed, 16 Feb 2022AU$113.9bAU$63.0b-AU$324,809,482.0030.6x-350.6x1.8x
Fri, 14 Jan 2022AU$112.3bAU$62.7b-AU$419,887,943.0040x-267.5x1.8x
Sun, 12 Dec 2021AU$94.6bAU$62.9b-AU$406,370,052.0033.7x-232.8x1.5x
Tue, 09 Nov 2021AU$101.0bAU$62.6b-AU$426,535,660.0033.1x-236.7x1.6x
Thu, 07 Oct 2021AU$107.4bAU$62.8b-AU$412,413,819.0035.2x-260.4x1.7x
Sat, 04 Sep 2021AU$86.6bAU$61.7b-AU$198,580,829.7327.5x-435.9x1.4x
Mon, 02 Aug 2021AU$86.5bAU$61.6b-AU$198,560,481.7332.3x-435.8x1.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-435.8x


Total Market Cap: AU$86.5bTotal Earnings: -AU$198,560,481.73Total Revenue: AU$61.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Energy Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average -41.4x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Australian Energy industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 16.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -41.4x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.4x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Energy industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 22% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Australian Energy sector?

AU Market-2.20%
Energy-6.80%
Oil and Gas-6.80%
Energy Services-7.11%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Oil and Gas industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 10.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 28.7% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Energy Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 114% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Oil and Gas industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 11% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
YAL Yancoal AustraliaAU$6.811.5%
+AU$132.0m
33.3%PE4.9x
VEA Viva Energy GroupAU$3.112.0%
+AU$95.3m
-0.6%PE1299.6x
88E 88 EnergyAU$0.00350.0%
+AU$28.9m
-57.1%PB0.6x
COE Cooper EnergyAU$0.222.3%
+AU$13.2m
51.7%PS2.9x
IVZ Invictus EnergyAU$0.0786.8%
+AU$7.1m
-49.7%PB1x
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50.0%

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3.0%

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