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H&R Block (HRB) Competitors

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$60.76 +1.68 (+2.84%)
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HRB vs. HI, MATW, CSV, RGS, WW, SCI, UNF, YELP, EM, and EWCZ

Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), Carriage Services (CSV), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), Service Co. International (SCI), UniFirst (UNF), Yelp (YELP), Smart Share Global (EM), and European Wax Center (EWCZ).

H&R Block vs.

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, H&R Block had 12 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for H&R Block and 6 mentions for Hillenbrand. H&R Block's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.62 indicating that H&R Block is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
H&R Block
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hillenbrand
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&R Block$3.62B2.25$595.32M$3.6316.74
Hillenbrand$3.12B0.47-$211M-$3.14-6.66

90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of H&R Block shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by 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.

H&R Block has a net margin of 14.71% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.00% beat H&R Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H&R Block14.71% -179.15% 19.60%
Hillenbrand -7.12%15.00%4.26%

H&R Block has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

H&R Block presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 74.64%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H&R Block
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. H&R Block pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -28.7% 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.

H&R Block received 234 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
H&R BlockOutperform Votes
515
63.27%
Underperform Votes
299
36.73%
HillenbrandOutperform Votes
281
56.54%
Underperform Votes
216
43.46%

Summary

H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HRB vs. The Competition

MetricH&R BlockPersonal services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.13B$1.24B$7.41B$18.52B
Dividend Yield2.74%1.89%3.50%4.25%
P/E Ratio16.7411.2415.9531.06
Price / Sales2.2524.647.6926.47
Price / Cash9.6430.5116.4217.54
Price / Book-9.322.524.124.29
Net Income$595.32M$76.26M$259.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance11.11%2.77%2.35%4.23%
1 Month Performance20.94%-8.25%-7.31%-6.79%
1 Year Performance31.34%-7.55%-8.45%-0.03%

H&R Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRB
H&R Block
3.4359 of 5 stars
$60.76
+2.8%
$57.00
-6.2%
+27.8%$8.13B$3.62B16.7469,900News Coverage
HI
Hillenbrand
4.4761 of 5 stars
$20.40
+2.1%
$36.50
+78.9%
-54.5%$1.41B$3.12B-6.5210,450Gap Down
MATW
Matthews International
3.8568 of 5 stars
$20.16
+0.9%
$40.00
+98.5%
-23.0%$622.97M$1.75B-10.2112,000News Coverage
Positive News
CSV
Carriage Services
3.6069 of 5 stars
$37.05
-1.2%
$45.00
+21.5%
+55.8%$577.94M$404.20M16.562,550News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
RGS
Regis
1.1368 of 5 stars
$16.89
-5.2%
N/A+136.9%$41.13M$191.34M0.43630News Coverage
WW
WW International
1.0171 of 5 stars
$0.49
-5.8%
$3.00
+512.2%
-89.4%$39.66M$785.92M-0.094,850Gap Down
SCI
Service Co. International
3.1772 of 5 stars
$74.93
-2.8%
$88.50
+18.1%
+11.8%$10.81B$4.19B21.1417,600Positive News
UNF
UniFirst
3.5995 of 5 stars
$163.91
+0.3%
$180.00
+9.8%
+7.3%$3.04B$2.45B20.9514,000Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.942 of 5 stars
$33.89
-5.0%
$37.17
+9.7%
-15.8%$2.21B$1.41B17.714,872Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
EM
Smart Share Global
N/A$1.10
+1.4%
$1.00
-8.7%
+77.3%$284.24M$1.84B36.515,090Positive News
EWCZ
European Wax Center
2.8397 of 5 stars
$3.53
-0.8%
$7.31
+107.2%
-70.6%$193.43M$216.92M15.20110Gap Up
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