Pitney Bowes (PBI) Competitors

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) are both mid-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is MSA or PBI a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pitney Bowes pays out -30.8% 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 Incorporporated has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and Pitney Bowes has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pitney Bowes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety Incorporporated, 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 Incorporporated	$1.82B	3.74	$284.97M	$7.25	23.84
Pitney Bowes	$2.03B	1.06	-$203.60M	-$0.91	-12.94

Does the media favor MSA or PBI?

In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 5 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 9 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 0.71 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety Incorporporated	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pitney Bowes	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MSA or PBI more profitable?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.77% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -7.18%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 27.65% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety Incorporporated	15.77%	27.65%	13.77%
Pitney Bowes	-7.18%	-31.61%	4.53%

Which has more risk & volatility, MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety Incorporporated currently has a consensus price target of $185.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.15%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety Incorporporated	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Pitney Bowes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MSA or PBI?

92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Pitney Bowes on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.