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Best Personal Service Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top personal service stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best personal service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best personal service stocks to buy right now are:

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) is the #1 top personal service stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 9 points higher than the personal service industry average of 30.

CSV passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carriage Services has seen its stock return 10.96% over the past year, overperforming other personal service stocks by 52 percentage points.

Carriage Services has an average 1 year price target of $60.00, an upside of 31.98% from Carriage Services's current stock price of $45.46.

Carriage Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Carriage Services, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) is the #2 top personal service stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the personal service industry average of 30.

BFAM passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has seen its stock lose -42.13% over the past year, underperforming other personal service stocks by -1 percentage points.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $98.83, an upside of 40.01% from Bright Horizons Family Solutions's current stock price of $70.59.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) is the #3 top personal service stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 18 points higher than the personal service industry average of 30.

FTDR passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Frontdoor has seen its stock return 20.85% over the past year, overperforming other personal service stocks by 62 percentage points.

Frontdoor has an average 1 year price target of $73.50, an upside of 13.74% from Frontdoor's current stock price of $64.62.

Frontdoor stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Frontdoor, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 4 personal service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 personal service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) has an annual dividend yield of 4.42%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the personal service industry average of 2.02%. H&R Block's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. H&R Block's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

H&R Block's dividend payout ratio of 28.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Service International (NYSE:SCI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.7%, which is the same as the personal service industry average of 2.02%. Service International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Service International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Service International's dividend payout ratio of 34.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) has an annual dividend yield of 0.99%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the personal service industry average of 2.02%. Carriage Services's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Carriage Services's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Carriage Services's dividend payout ratio of 16% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Personal service stocks were up 0.1% in the last day, and down -2.69% over the last week. Bright Horizons Family Solutions was the among the top gainers in the personal services industry, gaining 3.34% yesterday.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are trading higher after the company announced it will join the S&P SmallCap 600.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued personal service stocks right now are:

H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) is the most undervalued personal service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

H&R Block has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the personal service industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

H&R Block's stock has dropped -36.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the personal service industry by 5 percentage points.

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV) is the second most undervalued personal service stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Carriage Services has a valuation score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the personal service industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carriage Services's stock has gained 10.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the personal service industry by 52 percentage points.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) is the third most undervalued personal service stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a valuation score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the personal service industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions's stock has dropped -42.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the personal service industry by -1 percentage points.

50% of personal service stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect personal service stocks to rise by 24.61% over the next year.

0% of personal service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of personal service stocks are rated B (Buy), 70% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 10% are rated F (Strong Sell).