WRKS vs. IGR, MRK, PROC, ANG, MYSL, MTC, KOOV, PODP, IDP, and SGI
Should you be buying TheWorks.co.uk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TheWorks.co.uk include IG Design Group (IGR), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), ProCook Group (PROC), Angling Direct (ANG), MySale Group (MYSL), Mothercare (MTC), Koovs (KOOV), Pod Point Group (PODP), InnovaDerma (IDP), and The Stanley Gibbons Group (SGI). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
TheWorks.co.uk vs.
IG Design Group (LON:IGR) and TheWorks.co.uk (LON:WRKS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
IG Design Group received 174 more outperform votes than TheWorks.co.uk when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.68% of users gave TheWorks.co.uk an outperform vote while only 66.23% of users gave IG Design Group an outperform vote.
IG Design Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. TheWorks.co.uk pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. IG Design Group pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TheWorks.co.uk pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
IG Design Group has a net margin of 4.45% compared to TheWorks.co.uk's net margin of 2.26%. TheWorks.co.uk's return on equity of 654.05% beat IG Design Group's return on equity.
IG Design Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 328.57%. Given IG Design Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IG Design Group is more favorable than TheWorks.co.uk.
51.2% of IG Design Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of IG Design Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IG Design Group and IG Design Group both had 1 articles in the media. IG Design Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat TheWorks.co.uk's score of 0.34 indicating that IG Design Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IG Design Group has higher revenue and earnings than TheWorks.co.uk. IG Design Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TheWorks.co.uk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IG Design Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TheWorks.co.uk has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IG Design Group beats TheWorks.co.uk on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WRKS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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