Pitney Bowes (PBI) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PBI or MSA?

MSA Safety has a consensus target price of $197.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.45%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSA Safety 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
MSA Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PBI or MSA?

Pitney Bowes has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is PBI or MSA more profitable?

MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -7.71%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 28.64% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pitney Bowes	-7.71%	-20.95%	2.64%
MSA Safety	15.76%	28.64%	13.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBI or MSA?

MSA Safety received 39 more outperform votes than Pitney Bowes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave MSA Safety 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%
MSA Safety	Outperform Votes 297 64.15%	Underperform Votes 166 35.85%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PBI or MSA?

MSA Safety has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, 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	$2.03B	0.93	-$203.60M	-$1.12	-9.23
MSA Safety	$1.81B	3.44	$284.97M	$7.21	21.96

Does the media favor PBI or MSA?

In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 2 more articles in the media than MSA Safety. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 12 mentions for MSA Safety. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 0.50 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pitney Bowes	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MSA Safety	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PBI or MSA?

67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PBI or MSA a better dividend stock?

Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Pitney Bowes pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety pays out 28.3% 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 has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Pitney Bowes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

MSA Safety beats Pitney Bowes on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.