WDH vs. CMPO, XPER, NCMI, REAX, GDOT, RDUS, SOS, RERE, ACTG, and CTLP
Should you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include CompoSecure (CMPO), Xperi (XPER), National CineMedia (NCMI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Green Dot (GDOT), Radius Recycling (RDUS), SOS (SOS), ATRenew (RERE), Acacia Research (ACTG), and Cantaloupe (CTLP). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Waterdrop had 6 more articles in the media than CompoSecure. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Waterdrop and 4 mentions for CompoSecure. CompoSecure's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.38 indicating that CompoSecure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 8.96% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of 4.82%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 5.08% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.
Waterdrop has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.34, meaning that its share price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waterdrop currently has a consensus target price of $2.80, indicating a potential upside of 115.38%. CompoSecure has a consensus target price of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 70.51%. Given Waterdrop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than CompoSecure.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.1% of CompoSecure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CompoSecure received 5 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
CompoSecure beats Waterdrop on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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