HNI vs. SCS, PAYO, PAY, RAMP, CLBT, FA, NABL, MIR, GOTU, and FLYW
Should you be buying HNI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HNI include Steelcase (SCS), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Paymentus (PAY), LiveRamp (RAMP), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), First Advantage (FA), N-able (NABL), Mirion Technologies (MIR), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), and Flywire (FLYW). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. HNI pays out 94.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Steelcase pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HNI has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HNI's return on equity of 17.75% beat Steelcase's return on equity.
Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than HNI. Steelcase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HNI currently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. Steelcase has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.30%. Given HNI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than Steelcase.
In the previous week, HNI had 7 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat HNI's score of 0.37 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Steelcase shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steelcase received 72 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.
Summary
Steelcase beats HNI on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HNI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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