CSV vs. MATW, WW, RGS, HRB, HI, EWCZ, EM, PET, YYGH, and MRM
Should you be buying Carriage Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carriage Services include Matthews International (MATW), WW International (WW), Regis (RGS), H&R Block (HRB), Hillenbrand (HI), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Smart Share Global (EM), Wag! Group (PET), YY Group (YYGH), and MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM).
Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) and Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Carriage Services received 36 more outperform votes than Matthews International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.66% of users gave Carriage Services an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote.
66.5% of Carriage Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Carriage Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Carriage Services has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 1.77%. Carriage Services' return on equity of 22.04% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
Carriage Services has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matthews International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Carriage Services presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.63%. Matthews International has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 109.00%. Given Matthews International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Carriage Services.
In the previous week, Carriage Services had 2 more articles in the media than Matthews International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Carriage Services and 3 mentions for Matthews International. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Carriage Services' score of 0.40 indicating that Matthews International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Matthews International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Carriage Services pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matthews International pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Matthews International has higher revenue and earnings than Carriage Services. Carriage Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Matthews International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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