HRB vs. HI, CSV, MATW, RGS, WW, 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), Regis (RGS), WW International (WW), Cimpress (CMPR), Emerald (EEX), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), BARK (BARK), and Genasys (GNSS).
H&R Block vs. Its Competitors
Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) are both specialized consumer services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&R Block has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hillenbrand pays out -23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&R Block pays out 36.8% 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 and H&R Block has increased its dividend for 9 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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of H&R Block shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
H&R Block has a net margin of 15.20% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -8.82%. Hillenbrand's return on equity of 15.03% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
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.
Hillenbrand currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.06%. H&R Block has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Hillenbrand's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than H&R Block.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 3 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for H&R Block and 3 mentions for Hillenbrand. H&R Block's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.72 indicating that H&R Block is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HRB) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff