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Should you be buying Hillenbrand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hillenbrand include H&R Block (HRB), Matthews International (MATW), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), Brady (BRC), Array Technologies (ARRY), Daktronics (DAKT), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), and Dogness (International) (DOGZ).
Hillenbrand vs.
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
H&R Block has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -6.63%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 14.86% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. H&R Block pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -30.1% 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.
H&R Block received 231 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.21% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 56.65% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&R Block, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 5 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for H&R Block and 1 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat H&R Block's score of 0.31 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of H&R Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of H&R Block shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
H&R Block presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.21%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.
Summary
H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HI) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff