Waterdrop (WDH) Competitors

Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Is BHF or WDH more profitable?

Waterdrop has a net margin of 13.78% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of 10.24%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 21.06% beat Waterdrop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial	10.24%	21.06%	0.47%
Waterdrop	13.78%	8.21%	6.16%

Do analysts recommend BHF or WDH?

Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus price target of $59.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.62%. Given Brighthouse Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Waterdrop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Waterdrop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BHF or WDH?

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BHF or WDH?

In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 14 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 0 mentions for Waterdrop. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.00 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial	Neutral
Waterdrop	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BHF or WDH?

Brighthouse Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Waterdrop. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, 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
Brighthouse Financial	$4.72B	0.55	$388M	$9.24	4.94
Waterdrop	$379.74M	1.72	$50.35M	$0.15	12.00

Which has more volatility & risk, BHF or WDH?

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterdrop has a beta of -0.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brighthouse Financial beats Waterdrop on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.