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HRB vs. HI, CSV, MATW, WW, RGS, CMPR, EEX, MNRO, BARK, and GNSS

Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include Hillenbrand (HI), Carriage Services (CSV), Matthews International (MATW), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), Cimpress (CMPR), Emerald (EEX), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), BARK (BARK), and Genasys (GNSS).

H&R Block vs. Its Competitors

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) are both mid-cap specialized consumer services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and profitability.

90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of H&R Block shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned 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.

H&R Block has a net margin of 16.11% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -0.63%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 13.53% beat H&R Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H&R Block16.11% -191.38% 21.86%
Hillenbrand -0.63%13.53%3.82%

H&R Block has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&R Block, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&R Block$3.76B1.75$605.77M$4.4711.49
Hillenbrand$3.18B0.70-$211M-$0.25-125.88

H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. H&R Block pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hillenbrand pays out -360.0% 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. H&R Block has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Hillenbrand has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Hillenbrand had 27 more articles in the media than H&R Block. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Hillenbrand and 5 mentions for H&R Block. H&R Block's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.12 indicating that H&R Block is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
H&R Block
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hillenbrand
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

H&R Block currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. Hillenbrand has a consensus target price of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Hillenbrand's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H&R Block
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 12 of the 19 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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HRB vs. The Competition

MetricH&R BlockCons Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.57B$1.08B$8.38B$21.96B
Dividend Yield3.19%3.62%3.10%3.63%
P/E Ratio11.4954.1318.1232.72
Price / Sales1.751.376.2688.34
Price / Cash9.2711.3814.3418.06
Price / Book77.8312.134.944.71
Net Income$605.77M$29.07M$255.94M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.28%7.54%1.07%0.91%
1 Month Performance2.19%-3.06%-4.10%0.33%
1 Year Performance-16.46%-16.64%33.50%10.85%

H&R Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRB
H&R Block
4.0877 of 5 stars
$51.37
-2.3%
$55.00
+7.1%
-14.3%$6.57B$3.76B11.494,300
HI
Hillenbrand
3.8772 of 5 stars
$26.27
+6.9%
$32.00
+21.8%
+11.2%$1.85B$2.86B-105.0810,450
CSV
Carriage Services
4.8682 of 5 stars
$44.15
+0.2%
$59.00
+33.6%
+37.5%$693.00M$407.60M13.262,420Positive News
Dividend Announcement
MATW
Matthews International
2.2407 of 5 stars
$22.07
-1.6%
N/A+1.8%$679.54M$1.80B-10.4111,000
WW
WW International
0.733 of 5 stars
$26.15
+0.4%
N/A+1,938.6%$261.16M$740.87M-4.527,700Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
RGS
Regis
0.7313 of 5 stars
$30.79
+5.2%
N/A+14.7%$75.00M$210.13M0.78630High Trading Volume
CMPR
Cimpress
3.8537 of 5 stars
$62.59
+2.1%
$77.50
+23.8%
-17.1%$1.53B$3.40B122.7315,500
EEX
Emerald
1.5464 of 5 stars
$4.89
+2.3%
$7.95
+62.6%
+14.2%$968.09M$432.60M97.80600
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.4489 of 5 stars
$16.86
+4.7%
$17.33
+2.8%
-37.7%$505.46M$1.20B-25.167,360
BARK
BARK
2.051 of 5 stars
$0.76
-1.3%
$2.63
+244.9%
-48.4%$129.28M$484.18M-4.48640Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
GNSS
Genasys
3.5979 of 5 stars
$2.25
+7.1%
$5.75
+155.6%
-43.2%$101.60M$30.47M-3.57170Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:HRB) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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