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HI vs. CSV, MATW, RGS, WW, HRB, BRC, ARRY, ODC, DAKT, 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), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Daktronics (DAKT), and PlayAGS (AGS).

Hillenbrand vs. Its Competitors

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

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carriage Services has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Carriage Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Carriage Services shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, Carriage Services had 2 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Carriage Services and 2 mentions for Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Carriage Services' score of 0.90 indicating that Hillenbrand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Hillenbrand currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.11%. Carriage Services has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.17%. Given Hillenbrand's higher probable upside, equities 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

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
Hillenbrand-8.82% 15.03% 4.19%
Carriage Services 11.50%21.96%3.52%

Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.

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$3.18B0.42-$211M-$3.81-5.00
Carriage Services$404.20M1.70$32.95M$2.9914.67

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%

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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HI vs. The Competition

MetricHillenbrandIndustrial Services IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.34B$8.39B$6.95B$19.62B
Dividend Yield4.66%2.50%4.56%3.80%
P/E Ratio-4.9919.1023.5626.98
Price / Sales0.424.64108.9034.80
Price / Cash3.4112.3227.1921.33
Price / Book0.923.804.204.38
Net Income-$211M$612.46M$791.59M$986.75M
7 Day Performance-6.05%-0.74%0.10%0.09%
1 Month Performance-9.91%-1.84%6.56%0.92%
1 Year Performance-54.35%11.15%27.18%9.95%

Hillenbrand Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HI
Hillenbrand
4.759 of 5 stars
$19.04
-1.5%
$32.00
+68.1%
-53.7%$1.34B$3.18B-4.9910,450Positive News
CSV
Carriage Services
4.5111 of 5 stars
$45.21
+0.4%
$50.50
+11.7%
+62.3%$709.48M$407.77M20.272,550
MATW
Matthews International
3.851 of 5 stars
$22.81
+3.2%
$40.00
+75.4%
-12.4%$707.32M$1.70B-11.5812,000News Coverage
RGS
Regis
1.01 of 5 stars
$22.85
-1.0%
N/A+361.7%$55.66M$199.11M0.58630
WW
WW International
1.2036 of 5 stars
$0.25
-10.5%
$2.25
+801.4%
-80.0%$20.04M$765.94M-0.047,700
HRB
H&R Block
4.2777 of 5 stars
$56.21
-3.5%
$62.00
+10.3%
+3.7%$7.53B$3.71B15.4969,900
BRC
Brady
3.0703 of 5 stars
$70.07
+0.1%
N/A+0.9%$3.32B$1.46B17.225,700
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.2159 of 5 stars
$7.49
-0.1%
$9.18
+22.5%
-41.2%$1.14B$1.06B-7.72470News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
3.0424 of 5 stars
$59.42
+8.4%
N/A+244.0%$867.28M$465.34M19.20870High Trading Volume
DAKT
Daktronics
4.5726 of 5 stars
$14.13
+1.2%
$26.00
+84.0%
+29.5%$704.99M$799.81M56.522,480Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AGS
PlayAGS
3.2917 of 5 stars
$12.36
-0.2%
$12.50
+1.1%
+7.1%$509.95M$393.72M72.71N/A

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This page (NYSE:HI) was last updated on 6/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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