John Wood Group (WG) Competitors

Quadrise (LON:QED) and John Wood Group (LON:WG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more volatility & risk, QED or WG?

Quadrise has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wood Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is QED or WG more profitable?

Quadrise has a net margin of 0.00% compared to John Wood Group's net margin of -18.59%. John Wood Group's return on equity of -34.23% beat Quadrise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quadrise	N/A	-50.61%	-32.52%
John Wood Group	-18.59%	-34.23%	-0.19%

Does the media refer more to QED or WG?

In the previous week, Quadrise and Quadrise both had 1 articles in the media. Quadrise's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat John Wood Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Quadrise is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quadrise	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Wood Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, QED or WG?

Quadrise has higher earnings, but lower revenue than John Wood Group. Quadrise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wood Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quadrise	N/A	N/A	-£3.50M	-£0.18	-26.53
John Wood Group	£6.89B	0.02	-£1.28B	-£126.52	-0.15

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QED or WG?

John Wood Group received 359 more outperform votes than Quadrise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.14% of users gave Quadrise an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave John Wood Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quadrise	Outperform Votes 195 74.14%	Underperform Votes 68 25.86%
John Wood Group	Outperform Votes 554 62.60%	Underperform Votes 331 37.40%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QED or WG?

0.1% of Quadrise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 104.7% of John Wood Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Quadrise shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of John Wood Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend QED or WG?

John Wood Group has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 984.60%. Given John Wood Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe John Wood Group is more favorable than Quadrise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quadrise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
John Wood Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

John Wood Group beats Quadrise on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.