Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) 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 analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate SCS or HNI?

Steelcase presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.80%. HNI has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.27%. Given Steelcase's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
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 4.0%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Steelcase pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 45.7% 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. HNI has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SCS or HNI?

92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Steelcase shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SCS or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 3.63%. HNI's return on equity of 18.27% beat Steelcase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCS or HNI?

Steelcase received 65 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.21%	Underperform Votes 167 34.79%
HNI	Outperform Votes 248 57.67%	Underperform Votes 182 42.33%

Does the media prefer SCS or HNI?

In the previous week, Steelcase had 1 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Steelcase and 2 mentions for HNI. HNI's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Steelcase's score of 0.54 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Steelcase	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$3.17B	0.36	$81.10M	$1.01	9.80
HNI	$2.53B	0.79	$49.20M	$2.89	14.60

Which has more volatility and risk, SCS or HNI?

Steelcase has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Steelcase beats HNI on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.