WDH vs. NCMI, XPER, ADTN, RXT, CDLX, CTLP, DAO, ICG, TRMR, and NEXN
Should you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include National CineMedia (NCMI), Xperi (XPER), ADTRAN (ADTN), Rackspace Technology (RXT), Cardlytics (CDLX), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Youdao (DAO), Intchains Group (ICG), Tremor International (TRMR), and Nexxen International (NEXN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, National CineMedia had 4 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for National CineMedia and 0 mentions for Waterdrop. National CineMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.00 indicating that National CineMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National CineMedia received 517 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote.
National CineMedia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Waterdrop. National CineMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterdrop currently has a consensus target price of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 122.22%. National CineMedia has a consensus target price of $6.08, suggesting a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Waterdrop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than National CineMedia.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of National CineMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, meaning that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National CineMedia has a net margin of 426.76% compared to Waterdrop's net margin of 6.40%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 3.57% beat National CineMedia's return on equity.
Summary
National CineMedia beats Waterdrop on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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