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Australian (ASX) Energy Sector Analysis

UpdatedJan 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies105
  • 7D0.2%
  • 3M-4.4%
  • 1Y-28.9%
  • YTD1.8%

Over the last 7 days, the Energy industry has remained flat, although notably Santos gained 3.8%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 26% in the last year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 8.0% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 14 Jan 2025AU$118.1bAU$112.6bAU$6.5b12.4x18.1x1x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024AU$111.1bAU$111.6bAU$6.3b12.4x17.5x1x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024AU$113.6bAU$110.3bAU$6.1b11.6x18.5x1x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024AU$123.1bAU$109.6bAU$6.0b12.7x20.5x1.1x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024AU$120.1bAU$110.3bAU$6.2b12.5x19.4x1.1x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024AU$131.6bAU$113.2bAU$7.5b7.7x17.6x1.2x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024AU$131.5bAU$112.9bAU$7.5b7.9x17.5x1.2x
Tue, 28 May 2024AU$135.0bAU$112.9bAU$7.5b9.1x18x1.2x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024AU$133.6bAU$113.6bAU$7.6b7.5x17.5x1.2x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024AU$134.4bAU$113.7bAU$7.6b7x17.7x1.2x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024AU$136.4bAU$127.2bAU$17.5b6.3x7.8x1.1x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024AU$140.4bAU$129.0bAU$19.4b6.1x7.2x1.1x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023AU$130.4bAU$128.3bAU$19.2b5.9x6.8x1x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023AU$132.8bAU$130.6bAU$19.9b5.5x6.7x1x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023AU$141.7bAU$130.6bAU$19.9b6.1x7.1x1.1x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023AU$149.1bAU$130.7bAU$20.0b4.7x7.4x1.1x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023AU$145.4bAU$128.5bAU$23.4b5.4x6.2x1.1x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023AU$134.3bAU$127.8bAU$23.2b6.2x5.8x1.1x
Wed, 31 May 2023AU$147.6bAU$130.5bAU$24.5b6.6x6x1.1x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023AU$146.1bAU$130.0bAU$24.3b6.6x6x1.1x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023AU$150.4bAU$144.4bAU$25.2b6.5x6x1x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023AU$158.1bAU$120.2bAU$15.3b8.8x10.3x1.3x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023AU$169.3bAU$108.4bAU$14.0b7.3x12.1x1.6x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022AU$163.8bAU$109.7bAU$14.3b7.1x11.4x1.5x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022AU$166.6bAU$109.7bAU$14.3b6.9x11.6x1.5x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022AU$161.5bAU$111.5bAU$14.8b6.9x10.9x1.4x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022AU$157.8bAU$108.0bAU$13.5b7.6x11.7x1.5x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022AU$144.5bAU$79.2bAU$4.7b11.5x30.6x1.8x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022AU$144.6bAU$79.5bAU$4.8b11.5x30.4x1.8x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022AU$149.7bAU$78.5bAU$4.6b14.4x32.8x1.9x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022AU$124.5bAU$78.8bAU$4.7b12x26.8x1.6x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022AU$131.4bAU$79.4bAU$4.7b13x28.2x1.7x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022AU$113.4bAU$73.5bAU$3.0b12.8x37.2x1.5x
Fri, 21 Jan 2022AU$113.9bAU$62.8b-AU$414,071,245.0037.5x-275x1.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-275x


Total Market Cap: AU$113.9bTotal Earnings: -AU$414,071,245.00Total Revenue: AU$62.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Energy Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 6.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Australian Energy industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 17.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 6.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
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 21% 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-1.12%
Energy0.21%
Oil and Gas0.21%
Energy Services-0.073%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Energy Services industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 37.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 26.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 0.09% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Oil and Gas industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 8.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Energy Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 27% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 0.09% per year.
  • In contrast, the Oil and Gas industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 8.0% 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
WDS Woodside Energy GroupAU$25.911.3%
+AU$645.6m
-16.8%PE16.3x
STO SantosAU$7.142.6%
+AU$583.1m
-7.2%PE11.3x
WHC Whitehaven CoalAU$6.456.4%
+AU$326.3m
-19.8%PE15.2x
BPT Beach EnergyAU$1.492.8%
+AU$91.2m
-4.5%PS1.9x
ALD AmpolAU$29.601.1%
+AU$73.9m
-18.0%PE10x
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WHC

AU$6.45

Whitehaven Coal

7D

6.4%

1Y

-19.8%

BOE

AU$2.75

Boss Energy

7D

-1.4%

1Y

-50.4%

STO

AU$7.14

Santos

7D

2.6%

1Y

-7.2%

YAL

AU$5.95

Yancoal Australia

7D

-1.2%

1Y

11.6%

PDN

AU$8.46

Paladin Energy

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-33.6%

DYL

AU$1.27

Deep Yellow

7D

-5.6%

1Y

-15.9%

ALD

AU$29.60

Ampol

7D

1.1%

1Y

-18.0%

LOT

AU$0.22

Lotus Resources

7D

-4.3%

1Y

-35.3%

BMN

AU$3.15

Bannerman Energy

7D

-6.8%

1Y

-11.3%

BKY

AU$0.34

Berkeley Energia

7D

-8.1%

1Y

3.0%

AEL

AU$0.20

Amplitude Energy

7D

-4.9%

1Y

34.5%

KKO

AU$0.073

Kinetiko Energy

7D

19.7%

1Y

-8.8%

CVN

AU$0.15

Carnarvon Energy

7D

6.9%

1Y

-26.2%