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Matthews International (MATW) Competitors

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MATW vs. HI, CSV, WW, RGS, HRB, SCI, TBBB, FLO, WRBY, and FRPT

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), Service Corporation International (SCI), BBB Foods (TBBB), Flowers Foods (FLO), Warby Parker (WRBY), and Freshpet (FRPT).

Matthews International vs. Its Competitors

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both specialized consumer services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Matthews International has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Matthews International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Matthews International$1.80B0.40-$59.66M-$2.12-11.12
Hillenbrand$3.18B0.70-$211M-$0.25-125.98

Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $34.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Given Hillenbrand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Matthews International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Matthews International
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Matthews International pays out -47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -360.0% 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. Matthews International has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Matthews International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Hillenbrand has a net margin of -0.63% compared to Matthews International's net margin of -4.01%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 13.53% beat Matthews International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Matthews International-4.01% 9.15% 2.27%
Hillenbrand -0.63%13.53%3.82%

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 30 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hillenbrand and 2 mentions for Matthews International. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.12 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Matthews International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hillenbrand
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Hillenbrand beats Matthews International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MATW vs. The Competition

MetricMatthews InternationalFUNERAL SVS&REL IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$724.80M$4.29B$16.08B$10.65B
Dividend Yield4.32%2.30%3.21%4.83%
P/E Ratio-11.1017.7617.8027.43
Price / Sales0.401.6247.60130.02
Price / Cash4.389.5214.6930.35
Price / Book1.653.987.316.66
Net Income-$59.66M$163.98M$680.68M$276.74M
7 Day Performance6.80%2.46%2.48%0.56%
1 Month Performance-5.91%-1.02%0.20%3.53%
1 Year Performance3.65%16.18%-0.02%36.26%

Matthews International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MATW
Matthews International
2.2097 of 5 stars
$23.57
+1.8%
N/A+1.8%$724.80M$1.80B-11.1011,000
HI
Hillenbrand
3.8196 of 5 stars
$26.69
-0.5%
$32.00
+19.9%
+11.2%$1.88B$3.18B-106.7610,450
CSV
Carriage Services
4.8472 of 5 stars
$47.27
-1.2%
$59.00
+24.8%
+37.5%$742.14M$404.20M14.202,420Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WW
WW International
0.5911 of 5 stars
$26.73
+1.0%
$0.75
-97.2%
+1,938.6%$266.95M$740.87M-4.627,700Short Interest ↑
RGS
Regis
0.7041 of 5 stars
$30.15
+1.9%
N/A+14.7%$73.45M$210.13M0.76630Gap Down
HRB
H&R Block
3.9464 of 5 stars
$50.89
-1.7%
$55.00
+8.1%
-14.3%$6.51B$3.76B11.384,300
SCI
Service Corporation International
4.2779 of 5 stars
$83.64
-0.3%
$90.25
+7.9%
+8.6%$11.73B$4.19B22.6724,953News Coverage
TBBB
BBB Foods
2.3404 of 5 stars
$24.91
-3.3%
$33.75
+35.5%
-18.8%$2.84B$3.15B-311.3825,300News Coverage
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.6695 of 5 stars
$12.80
-2.7%
$15.33
+19.8%
-44.4%$2.70B$5.10B12.3110,200
WRBY
Warby Parker
2.5661 of 5 stars
$25.41
-3.1%
$24.75
-2.6%
+31.2%$2.67B$771.32M-362.953,780Positive News
FRPT
Freshpet
4.0875 of 5 stars
$53.26
-0.4%
$106.43
+99.8%
-63.2%$2.60B$975.18M79.491,296

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This page (NASDAQ:MATW) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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