WDH vs. GCI, DAO, NCMI, ICG, GDOT, GGR, CTLP, XPER, SMRT, and ADTN
Should you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include Gannett (GCI), Youdao (DAO), National CineMedia (NCMI), Intchains Group (ICG), Green Dot (GDOT), Gogoro (GGR), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Xperi (XPER), SmartRent (SMRT), and ADTRAN (ADTN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and Gannett (NYSE:GCI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Gannett shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Gannett shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waterdrop presently has a consensus price target of $2.80, indicating a potential upside of 134.31%. Gannett has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.25%. Given Waterdrop's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than Gannett.
Waterdrop has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gannett. Gannett 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 -0.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gannett has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gannett received 240 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 61.58% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 6.40% compared to Gannett's net margin of -4.67%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 3.57% beat Gannett's return on equity.
In the previous week, Waterdrop and Waterdrop both had 1 articles in the media. Gannett's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waterdrop's score of -1.00 indicating that Gannett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Waterdrop beats Gannett on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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