MATW vs. HI, CSV, RGS, WW, HRB, HUHU, BWEN, WLYB, WLY, and TR
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Hillenbrand (HI), Carriage Services (CSV), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), H&R Block (HRB), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), and Tootsie Roll Industries (TR).
Matthews International vs.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Matthews International has a net margin of -3.48% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.00% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
Hillenbrand currently has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.35%. Matthews International has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 95.69%. Given Matthews International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Hillenbrand.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Hillenbrand pays out -28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matthews International pays out -50.8% 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. Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Matthews International has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Matthews International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matthews International has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Matthews International had 4 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Matthews International and 5 mentions for Hillenbrand. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.65 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Matthews International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hillenbrand. 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.
89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hillenbrand received 18 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.53% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
Summary
Matthews International beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MATW) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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