Waterdrop (WDH) Competitors

Root (NASDAQ:ROOT) and Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer ROOT or WDH?

Root currently has a consensus target price of $102.67, suggesting a potential downside of 20.87%. Given Root's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Root is more favorable than Waterdrop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Root	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Waterdrop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ROOT or WDH?

Root has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterdrop has a beta of -0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROOT or WDH more profitable?

Waterdrop has a net margin of 11.69% compared to Root's net margin of -1.56%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 7.02% beat Root's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Root	-1.56%	-9.81%	-1.12%
Waterdrop	11.69%	7.02%	5.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROOT or WDH?

Root received 19 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 27.88% of users gave Root an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Root	Outperform Votes 29 27.88%	Underperform Votes 75 72.12%
Waterdrop	Outperform Votes 10 71.43%	Underperform Votes 4 28.57%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ROOT or WDH?

Waterdrop has higher revenue and earnings than Root. Waterdrop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Root, 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
Root	$1.18B	1.68	-$147.40M	$1.71	75.87
Waterdrop	$2.77B	0.16	$23.06M	$0.14	8.82

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ROOT or WDH?

59.8% of Root shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Root shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ROOT or WDH?

In the previous week, Root had 4 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Root and 1 mentions for Waterdrop. Waterdrop's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Root's score of 0.46 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Root	Neutral
Waterdrop	Neutral

Summary

Root beats Waterdrop on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.