Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors GBX 315 -2.50 (-0.79%) As of 08/1/2025 11:55 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock WWH vs. STJ, SDR, ICP, MNG, SDRC, FCIT, HL, PCT, ABDN, and ATSTShould you be buying Worldwide Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worldwide Healthcare include St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), abrdn (ABDN), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Worldwide Healthcare vs. Its Competitors St. James's Place Schroders Intermediate Capital Group M&G Schroders F&C Investment Trust Hargreaves Lansdown Polar Capital Technology Trust abrdn Alliance Trust Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings. Which has more volatility and risk, WWH or STJ? Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate WWH or STJ? St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,408.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Worldwide Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00St. James's Place 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WWH or STJ? 73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is WWH or STJ a better dividend stock? Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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. Does the media favor WWH or STJ? In the previous week, St. James's Place had 6 more articles in the media than Worldwide Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for St. James's Place and 4 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.38 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Worldwide Healthcare 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive St. James's Place 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WWH or STJ? Worldwide Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWorldwide Healthcare£245.62M6.82£227.88M£42.967.33St. James's Place£26.27B0.27-£6.46M-£1.19-1,087.91 Is WWH or STJ 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 Worldwide Healthcare92.78% 11.22% -2.02% St. James's Place -0.02%-0.63%0.22% SummarySt. James's Place beats Worldwide Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Worldwide Healthcare News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WWH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart WWH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWorldwide HealthcareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.68B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03BDividend Yield0.84%4.40%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio7.3322.3714.04176.75Price / Sales6.822,540.331,847.24264,362.43Price / Cash37.5460.70127.5327.97Price / Book0.851.452.244.53Net Income£227.88M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day Performance0.96%-0.46%6.10%12.58%1 Month Performance4.39%0.53%1.84%6.10%1 Year Performance-12.26%6.39%19.34%71.59% Worldwide Healthcare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WWHWorldwide HealthcareN/AGBX 315-0.8%N/A-14.2%£1.68B£245.62M7.33N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsSTJSt. James's Place1.0742 of 5 starsGBX 1,181-0.9%GBX 1,295+9.7%+87.1%£6.39B£26.27B-989.852,298News CoverageEarnings ReportSDRSchroders1.5649 of 5 starsGBX 405+0.9%GBX 386.25-4.6%+6.7%£6.28B£2.78B17.696,438News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579MNGM&G0.8568 of 5 starsGBX 258.60+0.9%GBX 243.75-5.7%+22.9%£6.16B£9.02B36.886,101News CoverageAnalyst ForecastSDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeFCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,151+0.2%N/A+10.3%£5.56B£981.19M5.96N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementHLHargreaves Lansdown1.1874 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumePCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 382.56+0.3%N/A-87.3%£4.51B£1.24B3.76120Positive NewsABDNabrdn1.8476 of 5 starsGBX 200.68+1.5%GBX 184.33-8.1%+14.4%£3.59B£1.49B11.414,719News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies St. James's Place Alternatives Schroders Alternatives Intermediate Capital Group Alternatives M&G Alternatives Schroders Alternatives F&C Investment Trust Alternatives Hargreaves Lansdown Alternatives Polar Capital Technology Trust Alternatives abrdn Alternatives Alliance Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:WWH) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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