HNI (HNI) Competitors $51.63 +0.70 (+1.37%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends HNI vs. MSA, TILE, SCS, PBI, ACCO, NL, ARC, AVY, PSN, and APGShould you be buying HNI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HNI include MSA Safety (MSA), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), ARC Document Solutions (ARC), Avery Dennison (AVY), Parsons (PSN), and APi Group (APG). HNI vs. MSA Safety Interface Steelcase Pitney Bowes ACCO Brands NL Industries ARC Document Solutions Avery Dennison Parsons APi Group HNI (NYSE:HNI) and MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership. Does the media refer more to HNI or MSA? In the previous week, HNI and HNI both had 9 articles in the media. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat HNI's score of 0.66 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment HNI 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MSA Safety 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is HNI or MSA a better dividend stock? HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. HNI pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HNI has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and MSA Safety has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Is HNI or MSA more profitable? MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.16% compared to HNI's net margin of 4.83%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 29.14% beat HNI's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets HNI4.83% 19.29% 7.94% MSA Safety 15.16%29.14%13.45% Do analysts prefer HNI or MSA? HNI presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.02%. MSA Safety has a consensus target price of $202.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSA Safety is more favorable than HNI.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score HNI 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00MSA Safety 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.20 Which has more volatility and risk, HNI or MSA? HNI has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals believe in HNI or MSA? 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HNI or MSA? MSA Safety received 50 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave HNI an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHNIOutperform Votes24757.58% Underperform Votes18242.42% MSA SafetyOutperform Votes29764.29% Underperform Votes16535.71% Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HNI or MSA? MSA Safety has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HNI. HNI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHNI$2.56B0.96$49.20M$2.5820.01MSA Safety$1.80B3.60$58.58M$6.9223.90 SummaryMSA Safety beats HNI on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad ProsperityPubWhat most folks don’t know about oil (BIG missed opportunity)$1 Trillion… That’s how much Big Tech is set to spend on AI investment in the coming months—according to Goldman Sachs. This investment is driving an A.I. boom that’s being felt across many industries… Including a specific group of energy tickers since A.I. data centers use a massive amount of power. One of those tickers is CEG, up nearly 600% in the last 3 years… Combined with the upcoming presidential election, we have the recipe for a major shakeup in the market. You see, each time the U.S. elects a new president, one overlooked part of the energy sector tends to see a big move. Fact is… this energy niche is BOOMING.And expects this underappreciated niche to continue rallying well into 2026. Get HNI News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HNI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HNI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHNIOffice furniture, except wood IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.47B$1.90B$6.95B$19.18BDividend Yield2.48%2.75%2.42%3.58%P/E Ratio20.0110.3627.7241.22Price / Sales0.960.69439.7217.58Price / Cash11.809.7230.2921.28Price / Book3.162.335.705.32Net Income$49.20M$65.15M$125.76M$989.67M7 Day Performance-3.98%-6.87%4.00%-3.45%1 Month Performance-7.07%-8.74%8.78%-3.73%1 Year Performance22.32%2.72%19.02%12.06% HNI Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HNIHNI4.8698 of 5 stars$51.63+1.4%$63.00+22.0%+22.8%$2.47B$2.56B20.018,200High Trading VolumeMSAMSA Safety4.7351 of 5 stars$174.97+0.3%$205.00+17.2%+1.1%$6.88B$1.80B25.255,100Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPositive NewsTILEInterface3.8168 of 5 stars$26.26+0.5%$22.00-16.2%+100.1%$1.53B$1.31B18.273,619Positive NewsSCSSteelcase4.9169 of 5 stars$13.28+2.1%$17.00+28.0%-16.7%$1.51B$3.16B12.2711,300Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsPBIPitney Bowes2.913 of 5 stars$7.84+1.7%N/A+81.9%$1.42B$3.27B0.0010,500Gap DownACCOACCO Brands4.8618 of 5 stars$5.88-0.2%$7.50+27.6%-6.2%$546.14M$1.71B-3.095,600Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageNLNL Industries1.5467 of 5 stars$8.49+2.5%$6.00-29.3%+46.9%$414.72M$150.69M6.902,820News CoverageARCARC Document SolutionsN/A$3.39flatN/AN/A$146.65M$281.20M30.821,900Analyst ForecastAVYAvery Dennison4.9007 of 5 stars$194.26-0.5%$244.96+26.1%-6.5%$15.61B$8.68B23.4335,000PSNParsons3.7654 of 5 stars$98.11+1.6%$108.88+11.0%+53.7%$10.42B$5.44B146.3118,500Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageAPGAPi Group3.9439 of 5 stars$37.72+0.2%$43.43+15.1%+9.9%$10.36B$6.92B-19.1029,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MSA Alternatives TILE Alternatives SCS Alternatives PBI Alternatives ACCO Alternatives NL Alternatives ARC Alternatives AVY Alternatives PSN Alternatives APG Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:HNI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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