HNI (HNI) Competitors

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is MSA or HNI more profitable?

MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.76% compared to HNI's net margin of 5.52%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 28.64% beat HNI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety	15.76%	28.64%	13.74%
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%

Is MSA or HNI a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MSA Safety pays out 28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 45.7% 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. MSA Safety has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and HNI has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MSA or HNI?

92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety	$1.81B	3.10	$284.97M	$7.21	19.78
HNI	$2.53B	0.76	$49.20M	$2.89	14.20

Do analysts prefer MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety presently has a consensus price target of $194.20, suggesting a potential upside of 36.15%. HNI has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.47%. Given HNI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than MSA Safety.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety received 49 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MSA Safety	Outperform Votes 297 64.01%	Underperform Votes 167 35.99%
HNI	Outperform Votes 248 57.67%	Underperform Votes 182 42.33%

Does the media favor MSA or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 6 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for HNI and 9 mentions for MSA Safety. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat HNI's score of 0.47 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

MSA Safety beats HNI on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.