CSV vs. HI, MATW, RGS, WW, HRB, YELP, EWCZ, EM, MRM, and DLPN
Should you be buying Carriage Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carriage Services include Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), H&R Block (HRB), Yelp (YELP), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Smart Share Global (EM), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), and Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN).
Carriage Services vs. Its Competitors
Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Carriage Services received 28 more outperform votes than Hillenbrand when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.13% of users gave Carriage Services an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Hillenbrand an outperform vote.
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.
Carriage Services presently has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.28%. Hillenbrand has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.76%. Given Hillenbrand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Carriage Services.
In the previous week, Carriage Services had 2 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Carriage Services and 1 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Carriage Services' score of 1.18 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 4.1%. Carriage Services pays out 15.1% 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. Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 is poised for long-term growth.
Carriage Services has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carriage Services has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -7.12%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 23.52% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 21 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
