SLQT vs. WDH, GOCO, RDZN, FANH, EHTH, ZBAO, HUIZ, TIRX, MMC, and AON
Should you be buying SelectQuote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SelectQuote include Waterdrop (WDH), GoHealth (GOCO), Roadzen (RDZN), Fanhua (FANH), eHealth (EHTH), Zhibao Technology (ZBAO), Huize (HUIZ), Tian Ruixiang (TIRX), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), and AON (AON). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) and Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, SelectQuote had 1 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SelectQuote and 3 mentions for Waterdrop. Waterdrop's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat SelectQuote's score of 0.09 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 6.40% compared to SelectQuote's net margin of -4.12%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 3.57% beat SelectQuote's return on equity.
SelectQuote has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SelectQuote presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.21%. Waterdrop has a consensus price target of $2.80, indicating a potential upside of 102.90%. Given Waterdrop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than SelectQuote.
Waterdrop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SelectQuote. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SelectQuote received 20 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
Summary
Waterdrop beats SelectQuote on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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