Contrasting Park Lawn (OTCMKTS:PRRWF) & Regis (NYSE:RGS)

Park Lawn (OTCMKTS:PRRWF) and Regis (NYSE:RGS) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Park Lawn and Regis’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Park Lawn	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Regis	$202.98 million	0.21	$91.06 million	($1.97)	-9.46

Regis has higher revenue and earnings than Park Lawn.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Park Lawn and Regis, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Lawn	0	0	1	0	3.00
Regis	0	0	0	0	N/A

Park Lawn currently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 68.14%. Given Park Lawn’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Park Lawn is more favorable than Regis.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.5% of Regis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Regis shares are held 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.

Profitability

This table compares Park Lawn and Regis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Lawn	N/A	N/A	N/A
Regis	44.86%	-119.67%	2.57%

Summary

Regis beats Park Lawn on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Park Lawn

Park Lawn Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates cemeteries, crematoriums, and funeral homes in Canada and the United States. The company primarily offers cemetery lots, mausoleum crypts, niches, monuments, caskets, urns, outer burial containers, flowers, online and video tribute, and other merchandise, as well as funeral, cemetery, and cremation services. It also engages in the filing of death certificates and publication of death notices; and body preparation activities. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Regis

Regis Corporation owns and franchises hair care salons in North America. The company operates through two segments, Franchise Salons and Company-Owned Salons. Its salons provide haircutting; styling, including shampooing and conditioning; hair coloring; and other services, as well as sells various hair care and other beauty products. The company also operates accredited cosmetology schools. It operates its salons primarily under the SmartStyle, Supercuts, Cost Cutters, Roosters, First Choice Haircutters, and Magicuts concepts names. Regis Corporation was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.