Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH) Competitors

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (LON:PCGH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WWH or PCGH?

Worldwide Healthcare received 18 more outperform votes than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave Worldwide Healthcare an outperform vote while only 55.67% of users gave Polar Capital Glb Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worldwide Healthcare	Outperform Votes 72 67.29%	Underperform Votes 35 32.71%
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare	Outperform Votes 54 55.67%	Underperform Votes 43 44.33%

Is WWH or PCGH more profitable?

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's net margin of 91.60%. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's return on equity of 16.14% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare	91.60%	16.14%	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WWH or PCGH?

Worldwide Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worldwide Healthcare, 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
Worldwide Healthcare	£245.62M	6.44	£227.88M	£42.96	6.92
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare	£84.70M	4.70	£77.59M	£64.67	5.10

Does the media favor WWH or PCGH?

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 1 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Glb Healthcare. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Polar Capital Glb Healthcare's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare	Positive
Polar Capital Glb Healthcare	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WWH or PCGH?

73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Polar Capital Glb Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WWH or PCGH a better dividend stock?

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Polar Capital Glb Healthcare pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Worldwide Healthcare beats Polar Capital Glb Healthcare on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.