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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hillenbrand-8.82% 15.03% 4.19%
H&R Block 15.20%-179.57%20.56%

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
Hillenbrand$3.18B0.50-$211M-$3.81-5.91
H&R Block$3.61B2.07$595.32M$4.0813.70

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.

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
H&R Block
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hillenbrand
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
H&R Block
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

H&R Block beats Hillenbrand on 11 of the 18 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$7.48B$1.11B$8.21B$20.51B
Dividend Yield2.73%3.56%3.29%3.76%
P/E Ratio13.7044.4420.8927.81
Price / Sales2.071.184.2037.44
Price / Cash10.099.8117.1921.79
Price / Book86.0112.934.594.55
Net Income$595.32M$39.24M$212.83M$984.47M
7 Day Performance2.54%14.10%4.29%3.57%
1 Month Performance-4.44%12.26%10.68%6.03%
1 Year Performance1.46%-31.06%10.60%14.48%

H&R Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRB
H&R Block
4.3395 of 5 stars
$55.91
+0.2%
$62.00
+10.9%
+1.8%$7.48B$3.61B13.7069,900
HI
Hillenbrand
4.5587 of 5 stars
$19.22
+1.3%
$32.00
+66.5%
-44.9%$1.35B$3.18B-5.0410,450News Coverage
CSV
Carriage Services
2.8474 of 5 stars
$44.13
+0.8%
$50.50
+14.4%
+73.8%$692.40M$404.20M14.762,420
MATW
Matthews International
4.6158 of 5 stars
$21.38
+1.7%
$40.00
+87.1%
+0.0%$662.99M$1.80B-8.3811,000News Coverage
RGS
Regis
1.7893 of 5 stars
$20.75
flat
N/A+15.8%$50.55M$199.11M0.53630
WW
WW International
1.2695 of 5 stars
$0.25
-10.5%
$2.25
+801.4%
-78.5%$20.04M$765.94M-0.047,700News Coverage
CMPR
Cimpress
4.5872 of 5 stars
$43.67
+1.8%
$62.50
+43.1%
-44.1%$1.09B$3.29B7.4516,000Positive News
EEX
Emerald
1.7834 of 5 stars
$4.85
flat
$7.90
+62.9%
-10.6%$964.47M$398.80M161.72600
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.3583 of 5 stars
$14.76
+3.3%
$17.67
+19.7%
-32.0%$442.36M$1.20B-73.807,360
BARK
BARK
2.2033 of 5 stars
$0.81
+1.0%
$2.63
+222.5%
-49.2%$137.84M$484.18M-4.28640Trending News
GNSS
Genasys
3.9487 of 5 stars
$1.54
-0.6%
$5.33
+246.3%
-22.9%$69.54M$27.78M-2.41170

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This page (NYSE:HRB) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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