HNI (HNI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

HNI Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, sale, and marketing of workplace furnishings and residential building products primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Workplace Furnishings and Residential Building Products. The Workplace Furnishings segment offers a range of commercial and home office furniture, including panel-based and freestanding furniture systems, seating, storage, benching, tables, architectural products, and ancillary and hospitality products, as well as social collaborative items under the HON, Allsteel, Beyond, Gunlocke, HBF, HBF Textiles, HNI India, Kimball, National, Etc., Interwoven, David Edward, Kimball Hospitality, and D'style brands. This segment sells its products through independent office products dealers, wholesalers, office product distributors, e-commerce focused resellers, and wholesalers, as well as directly to end-user customers and governments. The Residential Building Products segment provides various gas, wood, electric, and pellet-fueled prefabricated fireplaces; and inserts, hearth stoves, facings, outdoor fire pits and fire tables, and accessories. This segment sells its products primarily for home use under the Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Majestic, Monessen, Quadra-Fire, Harman, Vermont Castings, PelPro, Stellar, SimpliFire, The Outdoor GreatRoom Company, and Forge & Flame brand names through independent dealers and distributors, and corporation-owned distribution and retail outlets. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $43.88 to $44.90
• 50-Day Range: $43.07 to $51.30
• 52-Week Range: $40.94 to $58.42
• Volume: 382,500 shs
• Average Volume: 273,831 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.43
• Dividend Yield: 2.96%
• Price Target: $63.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

HNI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

HNI scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 312 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

HNI has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

HNI has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.39%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for HNI are expected to grow by 11.39% in the coming year, from $3.60 to $4.01 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of HNI is 15.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of HNI is 15.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 31.08.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

HNI has a PEG Ratio of 1.14. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

HNI has a P/B Ratio of 2.54. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.66% of the float of HNI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

HNI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in HNI has recently increased by 7.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

HNI pays a meaningful dividend of 3.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

HNI has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of HNI is 45.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, HNI will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.92% next year. This indicates that HNI will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.24

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.66% of the float of HNI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

HNI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in HNI has recently increased by 7.89%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.08

News Sentiment

HNI has a news sentiment score of 1.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for HNI this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, HNI insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $27,744.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.37% of the stock of HNI is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.26% of the stock of HNI is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HNI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HNI shares performed this year?

HNI's stock was trading at $50.37 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HNI shares have decreased by 11.5% and is now trading at $44.5810.
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How were HNI's earnings last quarter?

HNI Co. (NYSE:HNI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.13. The business services provider had revenue of $642.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $657.03 million. HNI had a net margin of 5.52% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.27%.

Does HNI have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of HNI: Design Public Group, OFM, VCG, Dansons Inc, BP Ergo Ltd, Sagus International, Hickory Business Furniture, and more.

Who are HNI's major shareholders?

HNI's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.96%), Northern Trust Corp (4.57%), FMR LLC (4.10%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (3.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey D Lorenger, Marshall H Bridges, Mary A Bell, Vincent P Berger, Steven M Bradford, Larry B Porcellato, Donna D Meade, Miguel M Calado and Brian Scott Smith.
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How do I buy shares of HNI?

Shares of HNI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of HNI own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that HNI investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Adobe (ADBE), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) and Jabil (JBL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/20/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/5 Dividend: 2/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/05/2025
• Today: 3/24/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/28/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Office furniture, except wood
• Sub-Industry: Office Services & Supplies
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HNI
• CIK: 48287
• Web: www.hnicorp.com
• Phone: (563) 272-7400
• Fax: 563-272-7217
• Employees: 7,300
• Year Founded: 1944

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $63.00
• High Stock Price Target: $63.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $63.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +41.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.89
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.38
• P/E Growth: 1.14
• Net Income: $49.20 million
• Net Margins: 5.52%
• Pretax Margin: 7.10%
• Return on Equity: 18.27%
• Return on Assets: 7.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 0.68

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.83
• Cash Flow: $4.86 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.17
• Book Value: $17.58 per share
• Price / Book: 2.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 47,015,000
• Free Float: 46,198,000
• Market Cap: $2.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.90