Investors looking at Santos Ltd and Viva Energy Group Ltd are sizing up two heavyweights in Australia's energy sector.
With decades of experience, it boasts one of Australia's largest resource acreages and infrastructure, especially for natural gas.
Looking at the numbers, Santos commands a market cap of $27.77 billion, which makes it one of the largest ASX-listed energy names.
Viva Energy is Australia's second-largest refined fuel supplier and the exclusive Australian licensee of the Shell brand.
Its P/E ratio is 23.58, lower than Santos, and its dividend yield is 3.69%.
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Investors looking at Santos Ltd and Viva Energy Group Ltd are sizing up two heavyweights in Australia's energy sector. Santos has delivered a year-to-date return of 41.1%.
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Investors looking at Santos Ltd and Viva Energy Group Ltd are sizing up two heavyweights in Australia's energy sector.
Santos is an oil and gas producer, based in Adelaide but operating across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and as far afield as Alaska. With decades of experience, it boasts one of Australia's largest resource acreages and infrastructure, especially for natural gas. The company's reach covers both domestic supply and Asian export markets, and it's busy developing big-ticket LNG projects.
Looking at the numbers, Santos commands a market cap of $27.77 billion, which makes it one of the largest ASX-listed energy names. Its shares are now on a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.58 and the stated dividend yield is 3.66%. EPS comes in at $0.225, and the declared dividend per share is $0.31.
Santos has delivered a year-to-date return of 41.1%.
According to its most recent company profile, Santos continues to expand its LNG portfolio with projects like PNG LNG and Barossa LNG, supporting future growth, although it's worth noting specific project updates weren't available in the data supplied here.
Viva Energy is Australia's second-largest refined fuel supplier and the exclusive Australian licensee of the Shell brand. Viva owns the Geelong Refinery—one of just two left in the country—and supplies over 1,300 branded service stations.
Viva's market cap sits at $5.26 billion—smaller than Santos, but nothing to sneeze at for a company focused mainly on fuel distribution and refining. Its P/E ratio is 23.58, lower than Santos, and its dividend yield is 3.69%.
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