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HI vs. CSV, MATW, RGS, WW, HRB, BRC, ARRY, DAKT, ODC, and AGS

Should you be buying Hillenbrand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hillenbrand include Carriage Services (CSV), Matthews International (MATW), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), H&R Block (HRB), Brady (BRC), Array Technologies (ARRY), Daktronics (DAKT), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), and PlayAGS (AGS).

Hillenbrand vs.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hillenbrand pays out -23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carriage Services pays out 15.1% 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.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hillenbrand-7.12% 15.00% 4.26%
Carriage Services 8.57%23.52%3.42%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HillenbrandOutperform Votes
281
56.31%
Underperform Votes
218
43.69%
Carriage ServicesOutperform Votes
309
69.13%
Underperform Votes
138
30.87%

Carriage Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Hillenbrand$3.05B0.45-$211M-$3.81-5.14
Carriage Services$407.77M1.67$33.41M$2.9914.55

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 1 more articles in the media than Carriage Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hillenbrand and 3 mentions for Carriage Services. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Carriage Services' score of 0.77 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hillenbrand
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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 currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.52%. Carriage Services has a consensus target price of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.07%. Given Hillenbrand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Carriage Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Carriage Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carriage Services has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Carriage Services beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HI vs. The Competition

MetricHillenbrandmanufacturing industries IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$2.20B$7.71B$19.48B
Dividend Yield4.80%2.87%4.60%3.90%
P/E Ratio-6.2313.8124.1734.81
Price / Sales0.452.1190.5639.19
Price / Cash5.728.1826.9417.51
Price / Book0.972.774.114.74
Net Income-$211M$95.48M$808.62M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.21%1.24%1.31%1.30%
1 Month Performance-3.93%12.27%12.69%5.06%
1 Year Performance-57.90%4.39%21.72%5.24%

Hillenbrand Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HI
Hillenbrand
4.7254 of 5 stars
$19.57
-1.0%
$32.00
+63.5%
-57.3%$1.38B$3.05B-6.2311,000Positive News
CSV
Carriage Services
3.3933 of 5 stars
$42.14
-0.1%
$50.50
+19.8%
+63.6%$661.30M$407.77M18.902,550Positive News
Short Interest ↑
MATW
Matthews International
4.147 of 5 stars
$20.85
+0.2%
$40.00
+91.8%
-23.0%$646.54M$1.70B-10.5812,000Positive News
RGS
Regis
1.0109 of 5 stars
$23.37
+4.8%
N/A+394.1%$56.93M$199.11M0.59630Trending News
WW
WW International
1.7254 of 5 stars
$0.25
-10.5%
$2.25
+801.4%
-84.9%$20.04M$765.94M-0.047,700Positive News
HRB
H&R Block
3.6572 of 5 stars
$57.80
+0.3%
$62.00
+7.3%
+15.9%$7.74B$3.71B15.9269,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
BRC
Brady
3.4882 of 5 stars
$68.96
-1.2%
N/A+3.7%$3.26B$1.46B16.945,700Short Interest ↓
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.9949 of 5 stars
$6.88
-0.1%
$9.18
+33.4%
-53.1%$1.05B$1.06B-7.09470Positive News
DAKT
Daktronics
4.8099 of 5 stars
$15.38
-1.4%
$26.00
+69.1%
+37.1%$767.35M$799.81M61.522,480News Coverage
Insider Trade
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
2.9534 of 5 stars
$47.68
-0.2%
N/A+144.6%$695.88M$465.34M15.41870News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
AGS
PlayAGS
3.3848 of 5 stars
$12.25
-0.3%
$12.50
+2.1%
+6.0%$505.20M$393.72M72.03N/APositive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:HI) was last updated on 5/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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