Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is WWH or FCIT a better dividend stock?

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out -6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&C Investment Trust pays out 21.9% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, WWH or FCIT?

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WWH or FCIT?

F&C Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Worldwide Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F&C Investment Trust, 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	-£205.14M	-6.85	£227.88M	-£0.40	-826.73
F&C Investment Trust	£367.41M	15.31	£935.32M	£0.72	1,624.91

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WWH or FCIT?

10.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WWH or FCIT more profitable?

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Worldwide Healthcare's net margin of 92.78%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.50% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%
F&C Investment Trust	95.33%	18.50%	10.80%

Does the media refer more to WWH or FCIT?

In the previous week, F&C Investment Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Worldwide Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for F&C Investment Trust and 5 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Worldwide Healthcare's score of 1.29 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
F&C Investment Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

F&C Investment Trust beats Worldwide Healthcare on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.