Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

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

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

75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Steelcase shares are owned by 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.

Is HNI or SCS a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HNI pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 39.6% 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.

Does the media favor HNI or SCS?

In the previous week, Steelcase had 2 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Steelcase and 9 mentions for HNI. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat HNI's score of 0.95 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HNI	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steelcase	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HNI or SCS?

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
HNI	$2.53B	0.76	$49.20M	$2.89	14.20
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.36	$81.10M	$1.01	9.89

Do analysts rate HNI or SCS?

HNI currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.54%. Steelcase has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.12%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is HNI or SCS 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
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, HNI or SCS?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HNI or SCS?

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

Summary

Steelcase beats HNI on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.