Waterdrop (WDH) Competitors

Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and Hamilton Insurance Group (NYSE:HG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WDH or HG?

2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Hamilton Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WDH or HG more profitable?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a net margin of 21.88% compared to Waterdrop's net margin of 11.69%. Hamilton Insurance Group's return on equity of 21.92% beat Waterdrop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waterdrop	11.69%	7.02%	5.27%
Hamilton Insurance Group	21.88%	21.92%	6.70%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WDH or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Waterdrop. Hamilton Insurance Group 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
Waterdrop	$2.77B	0.19	$23.06M	$0.14	9.96
Hamilton Insurance Group	$2.38B	0.92	$258.73M	$3.64	5.93

Which has more volatility and risk, WDH or HG?

Waterdrop has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hamilton Insurance Group has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer WDH or HG?

In the previous week, Hamilton Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hamilton Insurance Group and 7 mentions for Waterdrop. Hamilton Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.42 indicating that Hamilton Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waterdrop	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hamilton Insurance Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer WDH or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $23.80, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Given Hamilton Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hamilton Insurance Group is more favorable than Waterdrop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waterdrop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hamilton Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WDH or HG?

Hamilton Insurance Group received 9 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.61% of users gave Hamilton Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waterdrop	Outperform Votes 10 71.43%	Underperform Votes 4 28.57%
Hamilton Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 19 82.61%	Underperform Votes 4 17.39%

Summary

Hamilton Insurance Group beats Waterdrop on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.