Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, SCS or HNI?

Steelcase has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SCS or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 4.83% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 4.02%. HNI's return on equity of 19.29% beat Steelcase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steelcase	4.02%	14.41%	5.79%
HNI	4.83%	19.29%	7.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCS or HNI?

Steelcase received 66 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.34% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.34%	Underperform Votes 166 34.66%
HNI	Outperform Votes 247 57.58%	Underperform Votes 182 42.42%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SCS or HNI?

92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Steelcase shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SCS or HNI?

Steelcase presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.17%. HNI has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SCS or HNI a better dividend stock?

Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Steelcase pays out 37.7% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SCS or HNI?

Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than HNI. Steelcase 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
Steelcase	$3.14B	0.47	$81.10M	$1.06	12.32
HNI	$2.43B	1.09	$49.20M	$2.58	21.43

Does the media prefer SCS or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 2 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HNI and 0 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat HNI's score of 0.94 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Steelcase	Positive
HNI	Positive

Summary

Steelcase beats HNI on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.