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