WRKS vs. PROC, ANG, PODP, MTC, MYSL, KOOV, IDP, SGI, SCHO, and NTLG
Should you be buying TheWorks.co.uk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TheWorks.co.uk include ProCook Group (PROC), Angling Direct (ANG), Pod Point Group (PODP), Mothercare (MTC), MySale Group (MYSL), Koovs (KOOV), InnovaDerma (IDP), The Stanley Gibbons Group (SGI), Scholium Group (SCHO), and Conduity Capital Plc (NTLG.L) (NTLG). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
TheWorks.co.uk vs.
TheWorks.co.uk (LON:WRKS) and ProCook Group (LON:PROC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
30.2% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of ProCook Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.8% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.6% of ProCook Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TheWorks.co.uk has higher revenue and earnings than ProCook Group. TheWorks.co.uk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProCook Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TheWorks.co.uk had 1 more articles in the media than ProCook Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TheWorks.co.uk and 0 mentions for ProCook Group. TheWorks.co.uk's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat ProCook Group's score of 0.00 indicating that TheWorks.co.uk is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TheWorks.co.uk pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. ProCook Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TheWorks.co.uk pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ProCook Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TheWorks.co.uk is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TheWorks.co.uk received 23 more outperform votes than ProCook Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ProCook Group an outperform vote while only 75.68% of users gave TheWorks.co.uk an outperform vote.
TheWorks.co.uk has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProCook Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ProCook Group has a consensus target price of GBX 48, indicating a potential upside of 23.08%. Given ProCook Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ProCook Group is more favorable than TheWorks.co.uk.
TheWorks.co.uk has a net margin of 2.26% compared to ProCook Group's net margin of 0.98%. TheWorks.co.uk's return on equity of 94.46% beat ProCook Group's return on equity.
Summary
TheWorks.co.uk beats ProCook Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WRKS) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
