WDH vs. CS, HG, SPNT, FIHL, SKWD, TRUP, SLDE, CLOV, TWFG, and ROOT
Should you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include Credit Suisse Group (CS), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Trupanion (TRUP), Slide Insurance (SLDE), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), TWFG (TWFG), and Root (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Waterdrop vs. Its Competitors
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Waterdrop pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Credit Suisse Group pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Waterdrop pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Credit Suisse Group pays out 7.7% 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. Credit Suisse Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Waterdrop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Credit Suisse Group. Credit Suisse Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterdrop presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.10%. Given Waterdrop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than Credit Suisse Group.
Credit Suisse Group has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Waterdrop's net margin of 14.77%. Credit Suisse Group's return on equity of 23.83% beat Waterdrop's return on equity.
In the previous week, Waterdrop had 4 more articles in the media than Credit Suisse Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Waterdrop and 0 mentions for Credit Suisse Group. Waterdrop's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Credit Suisse Group's score of 0.01 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Credit Suisse Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credit Suisse Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waterdrop beats Credit Suisse Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WDH) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
