RGS vs. HRB, HI, MATW, CSV, WW, MRM, DLPN, VERB, XWEL, and SCI
Should you be buying Regis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regis include H&R Block (HRB), Hillenbrand (HI), Matthews International (MATW), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN), Verb Technology (VERB), XWELL (XWEL), and Service Co. International (SCI).
Regis (NYSE:RGS) and H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
31.5% of Regis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of H&R Block shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Regis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of H&R Block shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 6 more articles in the media than Regis. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for H&R Block and 2 mentions for Regis. H&R Block's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Regis' score of -0.05 indicating that H&R Block is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&R Block has a net margin of 17.87% compared to Regis' net margin of -2.36%. Regis' return on equity of 0.00% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
Regis pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. H&R Block pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Regis pays out -12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&R Block pays out 29.3% 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. Regis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
H&R Block has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.29%. Given H&R Block's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H&R Block is more favorable than Regis.
Regis has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
H&R Block received 230 more outperform votes than Regis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Regis an outperform vote.
H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than Regis. Regis 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.
Summary
H&R Block beats Regis on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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