Mativ (MATV) Competitors

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

Is MLKN or MATV a better dividend stock?

MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. MillerKnoll pays out -133.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ pays out -4.9% 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. Mativ has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Mativ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mativ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MLKN or MATV more profitable?

MillerKnoll has a net margin of -1.01% compared to Mativ's net margin of -22.70%. MillerKnoll's return on equity of 10.44% beat Mativ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MillerKnoll	-1.01%	10.44%	3.40%
Mativ	-22.70%	3.53%	1.11%

Do analysts recommend MLKN or MATV?

Mativ has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.23%. Given Mativ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mativ is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MillerKnoll	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Mativ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MLKN or MATV?

MillerKnoll has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. MillerKnoll is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mativ, 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	$3.67B	0.38	-$36.90M	-$0.56	-36.80
Mativ	$1.98B	0.21	-$48.70M	-$8.20	-0.91

Which has more risk and volatility, MLKN or MATV?

MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MLKN or MATV?

In the previous week, MillerKnoll had 5 more articles in the media than Mativ. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MillerKnoll and 1 mentions for Mativ. Mativ's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.12 indicating that Mativ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

MillerKnoll beats Mativ on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.