Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MNG or WWH?

Worldwide Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than M&G. Worldwide Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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
M&G	£9.02B	0.71	£166.98M	£7.01	38.24
Worldwide Healthcare	£245.62M	7.22	£227.88M	£42.96	7.75

Is MNG or WWH a better dividend stock?

M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. M&G pays out 285.2% 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 pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MNG or WWH?

54.5% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MNG or WWH more profitable?

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 92.78% compared to M&G's net margin of 1.85%. Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity of 11.22% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M&G	1.85%	4.31%	0.40%
Worldwide Healthcare	92.78%	11.22%	-2.02%

Does the media prefer MNG or WWH?

In the previous week, M&G had 5 more articles in the media than Worldwide Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for M&G and 2 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat M&G's score of 0.19 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
M&G	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Worldwide Healthcare	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MNG or WWH?

M&G presently has a consensus target price of GBX 255, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. Given M&G's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe M&G is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M&G	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Worldwide Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, MNG or WWH?

M&G has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

M&G beats Worldwide Healthcare on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.