WDH vs. SLQT, RDZN, GOCO, FANH, EHTH, ZBAO, HUIZ, TIRX, MMC, and AON
Should you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include SelectQuote (SLQT), Roadzen (RDZN), GoHealth (GOCO), Fanhua (FANH), eHealth (EHTH), Zhibao Technology (ZBAO), Huize (HUIZ), Tian Ruixiang (TIRX), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), and AON (AON). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
SelectQuote received 20 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SelectQuote has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waterdrop had 3 more articles in the media than SelectQuote. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Waterdrop and 1 mentions for SelectQuote. SelectQuote's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.33 indicating that SelectQuote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waterdrop presently has a consensus target price of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 100.72%. SelectQuote has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.15%. Given Waterdrop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than SelectQuote.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 6.40% compared to SelectQuote's net margin of -4.12%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 3.57% beat SelectQuote's return on equity.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of SelectQuote shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of SelectQuote shares are held by 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.
Waterdrop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SelectQuote. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Waterdrop beats SelectQuote on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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