CSV vs. HI, MATW, WW, RGS, HRB, SCI, FLO, WDFC, SMPL, and FRPT
Should you be buying Carriage Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carriage Services include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), H&R Block (HRB), Service Corporation International (SCI), Flowers Foods (FLO), WD-40 (WDFC), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), and Freshpet (FRPT).
Carriage Services vs. Its Competitors
Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both small-cap specialized consumer services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
66.5% of Carriage Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Carriage Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Carriage Services has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -0.63%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 21.63% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Carriage Services pays out 13.5% 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. Hillenbrand has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Carriage Services currently has a consensus price target of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.25%. Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given Carriage Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Carriage Services is more favorable than Hillenbrand.
In the previous week, Carriage Services had 5 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Carriage Services and 6 mentions for Hillenbrand. Carriage Services' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.32 indicating that Carriage Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carriage Services has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carriage Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carriage Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:CSV) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
