HRB vs. BFAM, RRR, MAT, BC, LBTYA, WHR, BYD, PVH, LBTYK, and CHH
Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Mattel (MAT), Brunswick (BC), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Whirlpool (WHR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), PVH (PVH), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and Choice Hotels International (CHH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. H&R Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&R Block currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.67%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $102.38, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than H&R Block.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 13 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for H&R Block and 2 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat H&R Block's score of -0.49 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&R Block has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of H&R Block shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions 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 received 99 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.
H&R Block has a net margin of 16.98% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 3.07%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity of 12.24% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
Summary
H&R Block and Bright Horizons Family Solutions tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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