Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV – Get Free Report) and Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk & Volatility
Carriage Services has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nerdy has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Carriage Services and Nerdy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Carriage Services | 10.69% | 19.23% | 3.71% |
| Nerdy | -16.99% | -100.13% | -42.59% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Carriage Services | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Nerdy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Carriage Services presently has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.27%. Nerdy has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 70.45%. Given Nerdy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Carriage Services.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Carriage Services and Nerdy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Carriage Services | $417.44 million | 1.15 | $51.51 million | $2.79 | 10.86 |
| Nerdy | $178.99 million | 0.63 | -$39.92 million | ($3.75) | -2.35 |
Carriage Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nerdy. Nerdy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carriage Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
66.5% of Carriage Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Nerdy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Carriage Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Nerdy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Carriage Services beats Nerdy on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Carriage Services
Carriage Services, Inc. provides funeral and cemetery services, and merchandise in the United States. It operates in two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment provides consultation services; funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services; transportation services; removal and preparation of remains; sale of caskets and urns; cremation services; and related funeral merchandise. The Cemetery Operations segment sells interment rights for grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, and niches; related cemetery merchandise, including memorial markers, outer burial containers, and monuments; and interments, inurnments, and installation of cemetery merchandise services. Carriage Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About Nerdy
Nerdy, Inc. operates platform for live online learning. The company's purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including artificial intelligence to connect students, users, parents, guardians, and purchasers of various ages to tutors, instructors, subject matter experts, educators, and other professionals, delivering value on both sides of the network. Its learning destination provides learning experiences across various subjects and multiple formats, including one-on-one instruction, small group tutoring, large format classes, tutor chat, essay review, adaptive assessment, and self-study tools. The company's flagship business, Varsity Tutors, operates platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to learners, as well as through education systems. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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