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Worldwide Healthcare (WWH) Competitors

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GBX 337
-0.73 (-0.22%)
(As of 11:49 AM ET)

WWH vs. PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, HL, FCIT, MNG, STJ, PCT, and ATST

Should you be buying Worldwide Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Worldwide Healthcare include Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Worldwide Healthcare vs.

Worldwide Healthcare (LON:WWH) and Pershing Square (LON:PSH) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Worldwide Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Worldwide Healthcare pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% 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 received 72 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Worldwide HealthcareOutperform Votes
72
67.29%
Underperform Votes
35
32.71%
Pershing SquareN/AN/A

73.6% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Worldwide Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than Worldwide Healthcare. Worldwide Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pershing Square, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Worldwide Healthcare-£56.29M-32.21-£95.44M-£0.15-2,246.67
Pershing Square£3.14B2.03£2.49B£10.54329.22

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)
N/A
Pershing Square
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Worldwide Healthcare had 5 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Worldwide Healthcare and 1 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Worldwide Healthcare's score of -0.09 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Worldwide Healthcare
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pershing Square
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Worldwide Healthcare has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pershing Square has a net margin of 79.14% compared to Worldwide Healthcare's net margin of 0.00%. Pershing Square's return on equity of 22.66% beat Worldwide Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Worldwide HealthcareN/A -4.47% -2.02%
Pershing Square 79.14%22.66%11.83%

Summary

Pershing Square beats Worldwide Healthcare on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WWH vs. The Competition

MetricWorldwide HealthcareAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.81B£772.64M£3.15B£1.40B
Dividend Yield0.89%13.41%4.61%11.78%
P/E Ratio-2,246.67748.47431.221,561.46
Price / Sales-32.2113,623.012,979.53209,782.91
Price / Cash37.5479.1148.0032.90
Price / Book0.991.692.272.85
Net Income-£95.44M£57.11M£394.92M£153.09M
7 Day Performance-1.35%0.03%6.24%4.74%
1 Month Performance-2.93%-0.85%0.02%3.34%
1 Year Performance14.43%11.99%16.32%106.65%

Worldwide Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 337
-0.2%
N/A+14.8%£1.81B£-56,290,000.00-2,246.67N/ADividend Cut
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,504
+1.0%
N/A+18.8%£6.45B£3.14B332.45N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.6386 of 5 stars
GBX 2,146.57
+1.6%
N/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AGBX 2,165
-2.0%
N/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
2.0034 of 5 stars
GBX 358
+4.1%
GBX 432
+20.7%
-8.7%£5.76B£2.93B1,491.676,438High Trading Volume
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.886 of 5 stars
GBX 1,088
+0.2%
GBX 1,048.20
-3.7%
+49.7%£5.16B£764.90M1,754.841,850High Trading Volume
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,050
+0.6%
N/A+19.6%£5.15B£1.02B546.88N/ADividend Announcement
MNG
M&G
1.2255 of 5 stars
GBX 195.65
+0.9%
GBX 223.33
+14.1%
-3.6%£4.66B£6.21B2,795.006,101High Trading Volume
STJ
St. James's Place
0.7828 of 5 stars
GBX 816.50
+0.4%
GBX 784.25
-3.9%
+22.2%£4.41B£26.80B-81,650.002,298
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 311
+0.2%
N/A-86.3%£3.70B£1.15B341.76120High Trading Volume
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,214
+0.5%
N/A+17.9%£3.42B£652.76M572.643

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This page (LON:WWH) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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