TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS) Competitors

ProCook Group (LON:PROC) and TheWorks.co.uk (LON:WRKS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PROC or WRKS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ProCook Group	£62.59M	0.57	-£4.51M	£0.01	3,300.00
TheWorks.co.uk	£282.58M	0.04	£6.38M	£0.10	194.75

Do analysts rate PROC or WRKS?

ProCook Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 48, indicating a potential upside of 45.45%. Given ProCook Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProCook Group is more favorable than TheWorks.co.uk.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProCook Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TheWorks.co.uk	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PROC or WRKS a better dividend stock?

ProCook Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TheWorks.co.uk pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. 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 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. TheWorks.co.uk is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, PROC or WRKS?

ProCook Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TheWorks.co.uk has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PROC or WRKS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ProCook Group	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
TheWorks.co.uk	Outperform Votes 28 75.68%	Underperform Votes 9 24.32%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PROC or WRKS?

3.9% of ProCook Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by institutional investors. 86.6% of ProCook Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of TheWorks.co.uk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PROC or WRKS?

In the previous week, TheWorks.co.uk had 3 more articles in the media than ProCook Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TheWorks.co.uk and 0 mentions for ProCook Group. ProCook Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat TheWorks.co.uk's score of -0.46 indicating that ProCook Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ProCook Group	Neutral
TheWorks.co.uk	Neutral

Is PROC or WRKS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProCook Group	0.98%	7.58%	3.37%
TheWorks.co.uk	2.26%	94.46%	4.93%

Summary

TheWorks.co.uk beats ProCook Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.