Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

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

Is WWH or ICP more profitable?

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 Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Which has more risk & volatility, WWH or ICP?

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

Is WWH or ICP a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WWH or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 326 more outperform votes than Worldwide Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 67.29% of users gave Worldwide Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Worldwide Healthcare	Outperform Votes 72 67.29%	Underperform Votes 35 32.71%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WWH or ICP?

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WWH or ICP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Worldwide Healthcare	£245.62M	6.59	£227.88M	£42.96	7.08
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Does the media favor WWH or ICP?

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.63 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	Very Positive
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Worldwide Healthcare on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.