CSV vs. HI, MATW, WW, RGS, HRB, EWCZ, EM, PET, DLPN, and XWEL
Should you be buying Carriage Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carriage Services include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), H&R Block (HRB), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Smart Share Global (EM), Wag! Group (PET), Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN), and XWELL (XWEL).
Carriage Services vs.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
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, 11.3% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Carriage Services has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -6.63%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 23.52% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Carriage Services received 21 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave Carriage Services an outperform vote while only 56.65% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
Hillenbrand presently has a consensus price target of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.63%. Carriage Services has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Carriage Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carriage Services is more favorable than Hillenbrand.
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 pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hillenbrand pays out -30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carriage Services pays out 20.2% 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.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carriage Services has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carriage Services had 7 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Carriage Services and 1 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Carriage Services' score of 1.11 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CSV) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
