Regis (RGS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, HRB or RGS?

H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regis has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HRB or RGS?

H&R Block received 230 more outperform votes than Regis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Regis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H&R Block	Outperform Votes 508 63.26%	Underperform Votes 295 36.74%
Regis	Outperform Votes 278 60.96%	Underperform Votes 178 39.04%

Do analysts prefer HRB or RGS?

H&R Block presently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Regis' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe H&R Block is more favorable than Regis.

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
Regis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, HRB or RGS?

H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than Regis. Regis 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H&R Block	$3.47B	2.00	$551.43M	$4.37	11.42
Regis	$233.33M	0.04	-$7.39M	-$1.97	-2.14

Is HRB or RGS more profitable?

H&R Block has a net margin of 17.87% compared to H&R Block's net margin of -2.36%. H&R Block's return on equity of 0.00% beat Regis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H&R Block	17.87%	-224.81%	23.61%
Regis	-2.36%	N/A	-1.22%

Does the media favor HRB or RGS?

In the previous week, H&R Block had 9 more articles in the media than Regis. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for H&R Block and 3 mentions for Regis. Regis' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat H&R Block's score of -0.28 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Regis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HRB or RGS?

90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Regis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of H&R Block shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Regis shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

H&R Block beats Regis on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.