MATW vs. HI, CSV, WW, RGS, HRB, BWEN, NWL, SAM, JJSF, and WDFC
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Hillenbrand (HI), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), H&R Block (HRB), Broadwind (BWEN), Newell Brands (NWL), Boston Beer (SAM), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and WD-40 (WDFC).
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Matthews International pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hillenbrand pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Matthews International. Matthews International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hillenbrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matthews International presently has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 108.26%. Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.21%. Given Matthews International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Hillenbrand.
In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 1 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hillenbrand and 2 mentions for Matthews International. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.82 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hillenbrand received 15 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
Hillenbrand has a net margin of 2.79% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 1.77%. Matthews International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Matthews International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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