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Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

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GBX 302 +1.00 (+0.33%)
As of 07/4/2025

WWH vs. ICP, STJ, SDRC, MNG, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN

Should you be buying Worldwide Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worldwide Healthcare include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Worldwide Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

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

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare Positive
Intermediate Capital Group Neutral

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Worldwide Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Worldwide Healthcare£245.62M6.54£227.88M£42.967.03
Intermediate Capital Group£831.60M0.00£409.10M£0.77N/A

73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare92.78% 11.22% -2.02%
Intermediate Capital Group 56.78%20.09%4.57%

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% 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

Worldwide Healthcare and Intermediate Capital Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WWH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WWH vs. The Competition

MetricWorldwide HealthcareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.61B£1.25B£6.18B£2.96B
Dividend Yield0.84%4.35%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.0321.8113.24147.88
Price / Sales6.542,406.261,781.00258,917.23
Price / Cash37.5460.8149.7227.97
Price / Book0.811.211.914.61
Net Income£227.88M£264.68M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.67%0.37%0.57%1.04%
1 Month Performance-1.31%2.46%3.00%4.36%
1 Year Performance-14.69%6.26%15.69%82.36%

Worldwide Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 302
+0.3%
N/A-14.7%£1.61B£245.62M7.03N/APositive News
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
STJ
St. James's Place
0.8423 of 5 stars
GBX 1,153.50
-2.2%
GBX 843.50
-26.9%
+105.7%£6.24B£26.27B-966.802,298
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.3327 of 5 stars
GBX 254.60
-0.7%
GBX 223.33
-12.3%
+22.6%£6.06B£9.02B36.316,101
SDR
Schroders
1.0734 of 5 stars
GBX 360.80
-0.9%
GBX 392.25
+8.7%
-4.9%£5.60B£2.78B15.766,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,113
+0.1%
N/A+10.6%£5.38B£981.19M5.77N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.9575 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 684
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 362.38
+0.1%
N/A-89.2%£4.27B£1.24B3.56120News Coverage
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
0.9908 of 5 stars
GBX 185.50
-0.7%
GBX 172
-7.3%
+17.4%£3.32B£1.49B10.554,719News Coverage

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This page (LON:WWH) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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