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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Hillenbrand beats Matthews International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MATW) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff