Pitney Bowes (PBI) Competitors

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBI or HNI?

Pitney Bowes received 11 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.58% of users gave HNI an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Pitney Bowes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pitney Bowes	Outperform Votes 258 54.78%	Underperform Votes 213 45.22%
HNI	Outperform Votes 247 57.58%	Underperform Votes 182 42.42%

Is PBI or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 4.83% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -13.02%. HNI's return on equity of 19.29% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pitney Bowes	-13.02%	-12.85%	1.36%
HNI	4.83%	19.29%	7.94%

Is PBI or HNI a better dividend stock?

Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Pitney Bowes pays out -9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 51.2% 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. HNI has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Pitney Bowes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer PBI or HNI?

HNI has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.00%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pitney Bowes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to PBI or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 2 more articles in the media than Pitney Bowes. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HNI and 2 mentions for Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat HNI's score of 0.55 indicating that Pitney Bowes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pitney Bowes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, PBI or HNI?

HNI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, 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
Pitney Bowes	$3.27B	0.40	-$385.63M	-$2.18	-3.32
HNI	$2.56B	0.95	$49.20M	$2.58	19.69

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PBI or HNI?

67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PBI or HNI?

Pitney Bowes has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HNI beats Pitney Bowes on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.