MATW vs. HI, CSV, WW, RGS, HRB, BWEN, JJSF, WDFC, NWL, and NOMD
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Hillenbrand (HI), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), H&R Block (HRB), Broadwind (BWEN), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), WD-40 (WDFC), Newell Brands (NWL), and Nomad Foods (NOMD).
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 1 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hillenbrand and 1 mentions for Matthews International. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Matthews International's score of 1.73 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.1% of Matthews International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hillenbrand has higher revenue and earnings than Matthews International. Matthews International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hillenbrand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hillenbrand received 15 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Matthews International pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hillenbrand pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Matthews International currently has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 115.01%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.04%. Given Matthews International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Hillenbrand.
Hillenbrand has a net margin of 2.79% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 1.77%. Matthews International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Matthews International on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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