John Wood Group (WG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

John Wood Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of consulting, project management, and engineering solutions to energy and built environment worldwide. It operates through Projects, Operations, Consulting, and Investment Services segments. The Projects segment provides engineering design and project management services across energy and materials markets including oil and gas, chemicals, mining, minerals, and life sciences. The Operations segment offers maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset management, repair and overhaul, and decommissioning services. The Consulting segment provides technical consulting, digital consulting, decarbonization, and energy asset and technology solutions. The Investment Services segment engages in industrial power and heavy civil engineering activities. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 68.05 to 71.40
• 50-Day Range: 50 to 69.50
• 52-Week Range: N/A
• Volume: 3.46 million shs
• Average Volume: 530,810 shs
• Market Capitalization: £483.65 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 39.80%
• Price Target: GBX 200
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

John Wood Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

John Wood Group scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

John Wood Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

John Wood Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of John Wood Group is -59.62, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of John Wood Group is -59.62, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

John Wood Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.33. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

John Wood Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.19. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

John Wood Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 18.59%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

John Wood Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WG.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.31

News Sentiment

John Wood Group has a news sentiment score of 1.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for John Wood Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for WG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added John Wood Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, John Wood Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £6,698.25 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.81% of the stock of John Wood Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

104.69% of the stock of John Wood Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WG shares performed this year?

John Wood Group's stock was trading at GBX 65.60 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, WG stock has increased by 7.2% and is now trading at GBX 70.35.
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How do I buy shares of John Wood Group?

Shares of WG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of John Wood Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that John Wood Group investors own include Fluor (FLR), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), KBR (KBR), John Wood Group (WDGJF), (FWLT) (FWLT), Air Products and Chemicals (APD) and Costain Group (COST).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Integrated
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WG
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.woodgroup.com
• Phone: +44-1224-851000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 35,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 200
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 250
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 150
• Potential Upside/Downside: +184.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (1.18)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.55
• P/E Growth: 0.33
• Net Income: £-1,060,000,000.00
• Net Margins: -18.59%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -33.47%
• Return on Assets: -0.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 66.76
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £5.73 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.08
• Cash Flow: GBX 31.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.24
• Book Value: GBX 376 per share
• Price / Book: 0.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 687,490,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £483.65 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.36