Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WWH or HL?

73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate WWH or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus price target of GBX 1,055.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Worldwide Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WWH or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Hargreaves Lansdown 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	6.37	£227.88M	£42.96	6.84
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	0.00	£293.20M	£0.62	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WWH or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 335 more outperform votes than Worldwide Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.29% of users gave Worldwide Healthcare an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worldwide Healthcare	Outperform Votes 72 67.29%	Underperform Votes 35 32.71%
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%

Does the media refer more to WWH or HL?

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare and Worldwide Healthcare both had 2 articles in the media. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of -0.09 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WWH or HL more profitable?

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%

Which has more risk & volatility, WWH or HL?

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WWH or HL a better dividend stock?

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Worldwide Healthcare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Worldwide Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.