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WWH vs. HL, ABDN, ATST, EMG, and RCP

Should you buy Worldwide Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? Worldwide Healthcare's main competitors and comparable companies include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), Man Group (EMG), and RIT Capital Partners (RCP). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

How does Worldwide Healthcare compare to Hargreaves Lansdown?

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Hargreaves Lansdown 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
Hargreaves Lansdown£764.90M0.00£293.20M£0.62N/A
Worldwide Healthcare£118.16M11.79£227.88M£26.7014.55

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown Neutral
Worldwide Healthcare Positive

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.262, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the broader market.

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by 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.

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% 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 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worldwide Healthcare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 85.46% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 38.33%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 38.46% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown38.33% 38.46% 17.10%
Worldwide Healthcare 85.46%8.01%-2.02%

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Worldwide Healthcare on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Worldwide Healthcare compare to abrdn?

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

abrdn has a consensus target price of GBX 226.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.47%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe abrdn 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)
0.00
abrdn
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. abrdn 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£118.16M11.79£227.88M£26.7014.55
abrdn£1.71B2.62£316.36M£20.9011.97

7.9% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of abrdn shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 69.9% 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.

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 85.46% compared to abrdn's net margin of 23.28%. Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity of 8.01% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare85.46% 8.01% -2.02%
abrdn 23.28%7.70%0.68%

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.262, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.398, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for abrdn. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat abrdn's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare Positive
abrdn Neutral

Summary

abrdn beats Worldwide Healthcare on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Worldwide Healthcare compare to Alliance Trust?

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% 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.

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Alliance Trust 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£118.16M11.79£227.88M£26.7014.55
Alliance Trust£652.76M0.00£601.66M£2.12N/A

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Worldwide Healthcare's net margin of 85.46%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Worldwide Healthcare85.46% 8.01% -2.02%
Alliance Trust 92.17%17.93%10.95%

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.262, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare Positive
Alliance Trust Neutral

7.9% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alliance Trust beats Worldwide Healthcare on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Worldwide Healthcare compare to Man Group?

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

Man Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 304.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.25%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Man Group is more favorable than Worldwide Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Man Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Worldwide Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Man Group has a beta of 0.631, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.262, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the broader market.

Worldwide Healthcare has a net margin of 85.46% compared to Man Group's net margin of 18.60%. Man Group's return on equity of 20.36% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Man Group18.60% 20.36% 4.61%
Worldwide Healthcare 85.46%8.01%-2.02%

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than Man Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 1 mentions for Man Group. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Man Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Man Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Worldwide Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Man Group has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Man 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
Man Group£1.69B2.09£382.68M£28.1010.98
Worldwide Healthcare£118.16M11.79£227.88M£26.7014.55

47.5% of Man Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Man Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Man Group pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 9.0% 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.

Summary

Man Group beats Worldwide Healthcare on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Worldwide Healthcare compare to RIT Capital Partners?

RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) and Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. RIT Capital Partners pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worldwide Healthcare pays out 9.0% 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.

RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.7545988, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.262, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the broader market.

Worldwide Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RIT Capital Partners. RIT Capital Partners 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
RIT Capital Partners£730.20M4.45£167.81M£327.008.03
Worldwide Healthcare£118.16M11.79£227.88M£26.7014.55

8.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

RIT Capital Partners has a net margin of 2,025.88% compared to Worldwide Healthcare's net margin of 85.46%. RIT Capital Partners' return on equity of 16.54% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RIT Capital Partners2,025.88% 16.54% 4.22%
Worldwide Healthcare 85.46%8.01%-2.02%

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than RIT Capital Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 1 mentions for RIT Capital Partners. Worldwide Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat RIT Capital Partners' score of 1.38 indicating that Worldwide Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
RIT Capital Partners Positive
Worldwide Healthcare Positive

Summary

RIT Capital Partners beats Worldwide Healthcare on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WWH vs. The Competition

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MetricWorldwide HealthcareCapital Markets IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.39B£5.58B£14.07B£2.89B
Dividend Yield0.63%7.40%5.89%6.09%
P/E Ratio14.5536.9927.73368.30
Price / Sales11.791,262.06515.2383,648.00
Price / Cash37.5448.3030.2227.89
Price / Book1.043.733.717.22
Net Income£227.88M£417.15M£1.31B£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.02%0.79%0.29%1.53%
1 Month Performance-0.53%0.23%0.75%2.33%
1 Year Performance25.93%6.44%12.56%74.71%

Worldwide Healthcare Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 388.50
+2.0%		N/A+23.5%£1.39B£118.16M14.55N/A
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850
ABDN
abrdn
1.5761 of 5 stars		GBX 253.15
+0.6%		GBX 226.50
-10.5%		+24.3%£4.53B£1.71B12.114,719
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
EMG
Man Group
2.3146 of 5 stars		GBX 311.80
-0.1%		GBX 304.75
-2.3%		+98.0%£3.57B£1.69B11.101,790

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