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$46.36 -0.49 (-1.04%)
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CSV vs. HI, MATW, RGS, HRB, WW, SCI, NOMD, CHEF, TR, and CCU

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), H&R Block (HRB), WW International (WW), Service Corporation International (SCI), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), and Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU).

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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

66.5% of Carriage Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Carriage Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Carriage Services presently has a consensus target price of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.92%. Given Hillenbrand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Carriage Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carriage Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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

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 3.9%. 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 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 has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -8.82%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 21.96% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carriage Services11.50% 21.96% 3.52%
Hillenbrand -8.82%15.03%4.19%

In the previous week, Carriage Services and Carriage Services both had 3 articles in the media. Carriage Services' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.63 indicating that Carriage Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carriage Services
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hillenbrand
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Carriage Services has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carriage Services$404.20M1.80$32.95M$2.9915.50
Hillenbrand$3.18B0.51-$211M-$3.81-6.00

Summary

Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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CSV vs. The Competition

MetricCarriage ServicesFUNERAL SVS&REL IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$728.16M$4.34B$16.22B$20.65B
Dividend Yield0.97%2.17%3.11%3.72%
P/E Ratio15.5018.8519.7827.84
Price / Sales1.801.6646.0842.37
Price / Cash10.679.7214.7022.32
Price / Book3.394.046.094.57
Net Income$32.95M$163.98M$680.31M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.18%-0.89%2.12%0.20%
1 Month Performance5.64%8.31%3.60%5.53%
1 Year Performance67.59%26.82%4.27%10.30%

Carriage Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSV
Carriage Services
2.9844 of 5 stars
$46.36
-1.0%
$50.50
+8.9%
+67.7%$728.16M$404.20M15.502,420Positive News
HI
Hillenbrand
4.6889 of 5 stars
$22.12
-2.6%
$32.00
+44.7%
-46.4%$1.60B$3.18B-5.8110,450News Coverage
Gap Down
MATW
Matthews International
4.046 of 5 stars
$24.23
-4.8%
$40.00
+65.1%
+0.3%$788.86M$1.80B-9.5011,000News Coverage
Positive News
RGS
Regis
1.7196 of 5 stars
$23.46
+1.3%
N/A+12.6%$57.15M$199.11M0.59630Trending News
HRB
H&R Block
4.3907 of 5 stars
$54.99
-2.0%
$62.00
+12.7%
+5.0%$7.51B$3.61B13.484,200News Coverage
WW
WW International
0.296 of 5 stars
$40.00
+14,242.1%
$2.25
-94.4%
+3,061.9%$3.21B$765.94M-6.917,700Gap Up
SCI
Service Corporation International
4.3229 of 5 stars
$81.86
+0.1%
$89.25
+9.0%
+12.5%$11.64B$4.19B22.4924,953News Coverage
Positive News
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.5174 of 5 stars
$17.08
-1.3%
$24.00
+40.5%
+2.0%$2.65B$3.35B11.397,788News Coverage
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
1.5955 of 5 stars
$67.04
+4.8%
$67.40
+0.5%
+56.9%$2.60B$3.79B44.405,029News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.1438 of 5 stars
$35.67
+0.6%
N/A+16.8%$2.59B$715.53M29.222,300
CCU
Compania Cervecerias Unidas
0.7667 of 5 stars
$13.23
-1.9%
$9.70
-26.7%
+4.7%$2.49B$3.08B14.079,638

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