WG vs. TTE, SEPL, ITH, SQZ, TGA, YCA, AT, HTG, EGY, and DEC
Should you be buying John Wood Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Wood Group include TotalEnergies (TTE), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Serica Energy (SQZ), Thungela Resources (TGA), Yellow Cake (YCA), Ashtead Technology (AT), Hunting (HTG), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Diversified Energy (DEC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
John Wood Group received 552 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users.
John Wood Group has a consensus target price of GBX 187.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.93%. Given TotalEnergies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe John Wood Group is more favorable than TotalEnergies.
TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.77% compared to TotalEnergies' net margin of -1.88%. John Wood Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat TotalEnergies' return on equity.
In the previous week, TotalEnergies had 6 more articles in the media than John Wood Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TotalEnergies and 1 mentions for John Wood Group. John Wood Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.00 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than John Wood Group. John Wood Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TotalEnergies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Wood Group has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 468.8%. John Wood Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.5%. TotalEnergies pays out 3,910.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. John Wood Group pays out -18,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
44.5% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 105.5% of John Wood Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of John Wood Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TotalEnergies beats John Wood Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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