HRB vs. WSC, AS, LBRDK, LBRDA, MTN, MHK, DLB, CZR, PVH, and NCLH
Should you be buying H&R Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&R Block include WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Amer Sports (AS), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Vail Resorts (MTN), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), PVH (PVH), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) and WillScot Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:WSC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, H&R Block had 5 more articles in the media than WillScot Mobile Mini. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for H&R Block and 6 mentions for WillScot Mobile Mini. WillScot Mobile Mini's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat H&R Block's score of 0.69 indicating that WillScot Mobile Mini is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&R Block presently has a consensus target price of $46.50, indicating a potential downside of 11.09%. WillScot Mobile Mini has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Given WillScot Mobile Mini's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WillScot Mobile Mini is more favorable than H&R Block.
H&R Block has a net margin of 17.87% compared to WillScot Mobile Mini's net margin of 13.48%. WillScot Mobile Mini's return on equity of 24.14% beat H&R Block's return on equity.
90.1% of H&R Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of H&R Block shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
H&R Block received 299 more outperform votes than WillScot Mobile Mini when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave H&R Block an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave WillScot Mobile Mini an outperform vote.
H&R Block has higher revenue and earnings than WillScot Mobile Mini. H&R Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot Mobile Mini, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&R Block has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot Mobile Mini has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
WillScot Mobile Mini beats H&R Block on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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