SCI vs. HRB, UNF, YELP, EWCZ, CSV, EM, WW, PET, MRM, and DLPN
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include H&R Block (HRB), UniFirst (UNF), Yelp (YELP), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Carriage Services (CSV), Smart Share Global (EM), WW International (WW), Wag! Group (PET), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), and Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of H&R Block shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of H&R Block 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.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
H&R Block received 174 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.16% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 8 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for H&R Block and 4 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat H&R Block's score of 0.26 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Service Co. International pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&R Block pays out 29.3% 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.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus target price of $76.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.77%. H&R Block has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than H&R Block.
H&R Block has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Service Co. International. H&R Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&R Block has a net margin of 17.87% compared to Service Co. International's net margin of 12.73%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.23% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
Summary
Service Co. International beats H&R Block on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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