HRB vs. HI, MATW, CSV, WW, RGS, SCI, UNF, YELP, EWCZ, and EM
Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), Service Co. International (SCI), UniFirst (UNF), Yelp (YELP), European Wax Center (EWCZ), and Smart Share Global (EM).
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
H&R Block presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.14%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.45%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.
H&R Block received 231 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 9 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for H&R Block and 5 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat H&R Block's score of 0.45 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&R Block has a net margin of 17.87% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of 2.79%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 14.75% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
Hillenbrand has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H&R Block. H&R Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hillenbrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. H&R Block pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. H&R Block is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of H&R Block 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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