CSV vs. HI, MATW, RGS, WW, HRB, YELP, EM, EWCZ, PET, and DLPN
Should you be buying Carriage Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carriage Services include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), H&R Block (HRB), Yelp (YELP), Smart Share Global (EM), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Wag! Group (PET), and Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN).
Carriage Services vs.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Carriage Services has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 23.52% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Carriage Services received 24 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Carriage Services an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 5 more articles in the media than Carriage Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hillenbrand and 3 mentions for Carriage Services. Carriage Services' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Hillenbrand's score of 1.04 indicating that Carriage Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Carriage Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Carriage Services 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.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hillenbrand pays out -28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carriage Services pays out 21.4% 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. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Carriage Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carriage Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hillenbrand currently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.05%. Carriage Services has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.08%. Given Hillenbrand's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Carriage Services.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carriage Services has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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