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MATW vs. HI, CSV, RGS, WW, HRB, HUHU, BWEN, TR, NWL, and WLYB

Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Hillenbrand (HI), Carriage Services (CSV), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), H&R Block (HRB), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), Newell Brands (NWL), and John Wiley & Sons (WLYB).

Matthews International vs.

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Matthews International pays out -39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -23.6% 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 increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Hillenbrand has increased 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.

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 2 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hillenbrand and 5 mentions for Matthews International. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.67 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hillenbrand
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hillenbrand received 18 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.53% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Matthews InternationalOutperform Votes
263
63.53%
Underperform Votes
151
36.47%
HillenbrandOutperform Votes
281
56.31%
Underperform Votes
218
43.69%

Matthews International presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.31%. Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.18%. Given Matthews International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Hillenbrand.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Matthews International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Matthews International has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Matthews International has a net margin of -3.48% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.00% beat Matthews International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Matthews International-3.48% 12.88% 3.25%
Hillenbrand -7.12%15.00%4.26%

Matthews International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hillenbrand. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Matthews International$1.70B0.38-$59.66M-$2.55-8.16
Hillenbrand$3.05B0.45-$211M-$3.81-5.05

Summary

Matthews International beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MATW vs. The Competition

MetricMatthews InternationalNonferrous foundries (castings) IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$644.99M$199.63M$17.49B$8.39B
Dividend Yield4.78%4.78%3.07%4.11%
P/E Ratio-10.564.9216.3119.71
Price / Sales0.381.714.23120.55
Price / Cash4.655.0516.3934.62
Price / Book1.561.046.144.50
Net Income-$59.66M-$16.77M$737.42M$248.22M
7 Day Performance0.58%-3.31%-1.07%0.56%
1 Month Performance6.78%7.41%2.61%13.17%
1 Year Performance-26.58%-39.45%-3.19%7.30%

Matthews International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MATW
Matthews International
4.125 of 5 stars
$20.80
+3.1%
$40.00
+92.3%
-29.6%$644.99M$1.70B-10.5612,000Positive News
HI
Hillenbrand
4.7111 of 5 stars
$21.07
-2.9%
$32.00
+51.9%
-56.0%$1.48B$3.05B-6.7111,000
CSV
Carriage Services
3.8494 of 5 stars
$43.75
-0.2%
$50.50
+15.4%
+61.7%$686.57M$407.77M19.622,550Positive News
RGS
Regis
1.1715 of 5 stars
$21.50
+3.8%
N/A+300.2%$52.37M$191.34M0.54630
WW
WW International
1.5088 of 5 stars
$0.25
-10.5%
$2.25
+801.4%
-85.4%$20.04M$765.94M-0.047,700
HRB
H&R Block
3.6095 of 5 stars
$58.02
+0.6%
$62.00
+6.9%
+8.2%$7.77B$3.71B15.9869,900Positive News
HUHU
HUHUTECH International Group
N/A$5.30
+1.0%
N/AN/A$111.57M$18.15M0.00N/AGap Down
BWEN
Broadwind
3.8961 of 5 stars
$1.83
-2.7%
$4.13
+125.4%
-50.0%$41.52M$143.14M13.07490Analyst Downgrade
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.1968 of 5 stars
$33.84
+3.0%
N/A+12.7%$2.42B$718.50M27.742,000
NWL
Newell Brands
4.9008 of 5 stars
$5.69
-3.6%
$7.42
+30.3%
-33.8%$2.38B$7.50B-10.9428,000News Coverage
Gap Up
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
N/A$43.87
+0.3%
N/A+11.5%$2.36B$1.70B-48.219,500

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This page (NASDAQ:MATW) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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