John Wood Group (WG) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & 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	-23.52
John Wood Group	£6.89B	0.03	-£1.28B	-£126.52	-0.18

Do analysts recommend QED or WG?

John Wood Group has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 786.52%. Given John Wood Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in QED or WG?

0.1% of Quadrise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 104.7% of John Wood Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Quadrise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of John Wood Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, QED or WG?

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

Does the media prefer QED or WG?

In the previous week, John Wood Group had 1 more articles in the media than Quadrise. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for John Wood Group and 2 mentions for Quadrise. Quadrise's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat John Wood Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Quadrise is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quadrise	1 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QED or WG?

John Wood Group received 359 more outperform votes than Quadrise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.43% 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 74.43%	Underperform Votes 67 25.57%
John Wood Group	Outperform Votes 554 62.60%	Underperform Votes 331 37.40%

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%

Summary

John Wood Group beats Quadrise on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.