StoneMor (NYSE:STON) Vs. MTCH, SCI, HRB, UNF, YELP, ROVR, EWCZ, WW, CSV, and EM
Should you be buying StoneMor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneMor include Match Group (MTCH), Service Co. International (SCI), H&R Block (HRB), UniFirst (UNF), Yelp (YELP), Rover Group (ROVR), European Wax Center (EWCZ), WW International (WW), Carriage Services (CSV), and Smart Share Global (EM). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
StoneMor vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and StoneMor (NYSE:STON) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. StoneMor pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 52.8%. Service Co. International pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Service Co. International had 1 more articles in the media than StoneMor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Service Co. International and 2 mentions for StoneMor. StoneMor's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Service Co. International's score of 0.00 indicating that StoneMor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.2% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of StoneMor shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Service Co. International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.1% of StoneMor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus price target of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.81%. Given Service Co. International's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than StoneMor.
Service Co. International received 94 more outperform votes than StoneMor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave StoneMor an outperform vote.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 18.08% compared to StoneMor's net margin of -17.08%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 39.84% beat StoneMor's return on equity.
Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than StoneMor.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneMor has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Service Co. International beats StoneMor on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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