HRB vs. LBTYK, PVH, MAT, LBTYA, BFAM, BYD, AS, LBRDK, WSC, and REYN
Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include Liberty Global (LBTYK), PVH (PVH), Mattel (MAT), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Amer Sports (AS), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
H&R Block has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&R Block received 332 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote.
H&R Block presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.53%. Liberty Global has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.24%. Given Liberty Global's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than H&R Block.
H&R Block has a net margin of 16.98% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -54.08%. Liberty Global's return on equity of -19.26% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
H&R Block has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Liberty Global 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.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for H&R Block and 3 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat H&R Block's score of 0.20 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of H&R Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of H&R Block shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
H&R Block beats Liberty Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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