HRB vs. HI, MATW, CSV, WW, RGS, 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), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), Service Co. International (SCI), UniFirst (UNF), Yelp (YELP), Smart Share Global (EM), and European Wax Center (EWCZ).
H&R Block vs.
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Hillenbrand presently has a consensus target price of $36.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.14%. H&R Block has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.33%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.
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.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&R Block has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 3 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for H&R Block and 5 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat H&R Block's score of 0.47 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Hillenbrand pays out -28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&R Block pays out 41.3% 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 increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of H&R Block shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HRB) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
