Mativ (MATV) Competitors

MillerKnoll (NASDAQ:MLKN) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is MLKN or MATV a better dividend stock?

MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. MillerKnoll pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mativ pays out -44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MLKN or MATV?

MillerKnoll received 11 more outperform votes than Mativ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.00% of users gave MillerKnoll an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Mativ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MillerKnoll	Outperform Votes 13 65.00%	Underperform Votes 7 35.00%
Mativ	Outperform Votes 2 50.00%	Underperform Votes 2 50.00%

Do analysts prefer MLKN or MATV?

Mativ has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.04%. Given Mativ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mativ is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MillerKnoll	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mativ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MLKN or MATV more profitable?

MillerKnoll has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Mativ's net margin of -2.46%. MillerKnoll's return on equity of 10.74% beat Mativ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MillerKnoll	1.81%	10.74%	3.59%
Mativ	-2.46%	3.86%	1.32%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MLKN or MATV?

MillerKnoll has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MillerKnoll, 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
MillerKnoll	$3.59B	0.36	$82.30M	$0.91	20.90
Mativ	$1.98B	0.18	-$309.50M	-$0.90	-7.41

Does the media prefer MLKN or MATV?

In the previous week, MillerKnoll and MillerKnoll both had 6 articles in the media. Mativ's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.50 indicating that Mativ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MillerKnoll	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mativ	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MLKN or MATV?

MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MLKN or MATV?

87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of MillerKnoll shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MillerKnoll beats Mativ on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.