Carriage Services (CSV) Competitors

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) and European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Does the media favor CSV or EWCZ?

In the previous week, European Wax Center had 2 more articles in the media than Carriage Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for European Wax Center and 3 mentions for Carriage Services. European Wax Center's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Carriage Services' score of 1.27 indicating that European Wax Center is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carriage Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
European Wax Center	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CSV or EWCZ?

72.2% of Carriage Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of European Wax Center shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of Carriage Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of European Wax Center shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CSV or EWCZ?

Carriage Services presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 95.40%. European Wax Center has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Carriage Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carriage Services is more favorable than European Wax Center.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carriage Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
European Wax Center	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CSV or EWCZ?

Carriage Services has higher revenue and earnings than European Wax Center. Carriage Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Wax Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carriage Services	$370.17 million	1.10	$41.38 million	$2.17	12.62
European Wax Center	$211.82 million	4.88	$7.28 million	$0.11	149.73

Is CSV or EWCZ more profitable?

Carriage Services has a net margin of 9.20% compared to European Wax Center's net margin of 2.31%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 42.57% beat Carriage Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carriage Services	9.20%	25.87%	2.94%
European Wax Center	2.31%	42.57%	8.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSV or EWCZ?

Carriage Services received 269 more outperform votes than European Wax Center when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Carriage Services an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carriage Services	Outperform Votes 289 68.81%	Underperform Votes 131 31.19%
European Wax Center	Outperform Votes 20 44.44%	Underperform Votes 25 55.56%

Which has more risk and volatility, CSV or EWCZ?

Carriage Services has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Wax Center has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Carriage Services beats European Wax Center on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.