NL vs. SCS, TILE, ACCO, AVY, MSA, HNI, PBI, KRO, LXU, and VHI
Should you be buying NL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NL Industries include Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LSB Industries (LXU), and Valhi (VHI).
NL Industries vs.
Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) and NL Industries (NYSE:NL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Steelcase pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NL Industries pays out 26.7% 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. NL Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Steelcase and Steelcase both had 1 articles in the media. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat NL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than NL Industries. NL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steelcase, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NL Industries has a net margin of 38.69% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 3.63%. NL Industries' return on equity of 14.74% beat Steelcase's return on equity.
Steelcase has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NL Industries has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of NL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Steelcase shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NL Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steelcase currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.01%. NL Industries has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.04%. Given Steelcase's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Steelcase is more favorable than NL Industries.
Steelcase received 123 more outperform votes than NL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.34% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 59.75% of users gave NL Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
Steelcase beats NL Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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