Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

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

Is STJ or WWH a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is STJ or WWH more profitable?

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity of 11.22% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
Worldwide Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in STJ or WWH?

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, STJ or WWH?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, STJ or WWH?

Worldwide Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place 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
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.22	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-906.03
Worldwide Healthcare	£245.62M	6.15	£227.88M	£42.96	6.61

Does the media prefer STJ or WWH?

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 1 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 3 mentions for St. James's Place. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.73 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Worldwide Healthcare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STJ or WWH?

St. James's Place received 671 more outperform votes than Worldwide Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave St. James's Place an outperform vote while only 67.29% of users gave Worldwide Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
St. James's Place	Outperform Votes 743 72.77%	Underperform Votes 278 27.23%
Worldwide Healthcare	Outperform Votes 72 67.29%	Underperform Votes 35 32.71%

Do analysts recommend STJ or WWH?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.33, indicating a potential downside of 24.85%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Worldwide Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

St. James's Place beats Worldwide Healthcare on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.