WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD (WDS) Form 6-K — Aug 25, 2026
Woodside Energy reported H1 2026 operating revenue of $7,446 million, up 13% year-on-year, with net profit after tax of $1,672 million (up 27%) and underlying NPAT of $1,334 million (up 7%). Basic EPS rose 27% to 88.2 US cents. The board determined a fully franked interim dividend of 57 US cents per share, up 8% from 53 cents, representing an 80% payout of underlying NPAT and an annualised yield of 5.9%, payable 25 September 2026. Production fell 13% to 478 Mboe/d on the Pluto planned turnaround and cyclones, but a 20% jump in average realised prices to $74.0/boe drove the earnings growth.
Key figures
- Eps
- 88.2 US cents basic (up 27% from 69.4); 87.3 US cents diluted
- Revenue
- 7446000000
- Guidance
- Scarborough first LNG cargo targeted Q4 2026; Trion first oil 2028; Louisiana LNG first LNG 2029; $350 million annual cost savings target from 2028; gearing expected to return within the 10-20% target range in H2 2026
- Net Income
- 1672000000
- Total Debt
- 11450000000
- Revenue Yoy
- +13%
- Total Assets
- 67681000000
- Cash Position
- 4339000000
- Gearing pct
- 20.6
- Net debt usd m
- 9329
- Liquidity usd m
- 8189
- Impairments usd m
- 178
- Production mboe d
- 478
- Free cash flow usd m
- 352
- Dividend payout ratio
- 80%
- Production change yoy
- -13%
- Underlying npat usd m
- 1334
- Interim dividend us cps
- 57
- Annualised dividend yield
- 5.9%
- Free cash flow change yoy
- +159%
- Operating cash flow usd m
- 3013
- Realised price change yoy
- +20%
- Ebitda ex impairment usd m
- 4647
- Underlying npat change yoy
- +7%
- Decommissioning spend usd m
- 274
- Unit production cost usd boe
- 8.8
- Average realised price usd boe
- 74
- Operating cash flow change yoy
- -10%
- Stonepeak williams capital contributions usd m
- 1725
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