Regis (NYSE:RGS) vs. Park Lawn (OTCMKTS:PRRWF) Financial Survey

Regis (NYSE:RGS) and Park Lawn (OTCMKTS:PRRWF) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Regis and Park Lawn, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

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

Profitability

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

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Regis and Park Lawn”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regis	$202.98 million	0.31	$91.06 million	($1.97)	-14.09
Park Lawn	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Regis has higher revenue and earnings than Park Lawn.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.5% of Regis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Regis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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.

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.