SCS vs. HNI, PBI, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, MSA, INGM, DNB, and LUMN
Should you be buying Steelcase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steelcase include HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), Ingram Micro (INGM), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), and Lumen Technologies (LUMN).
Steelcase vs.
HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
HNI has a net margin of 4.83% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 3.63%. HNI's return on equity of 19.29% beat Steelcase's return on equity.
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.
HNI has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
HNI presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.53%. Steelcase has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.08%. Given Steelcase's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.
In the previous week, HNI had 1 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat HNI's score of 0.65 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. HNI pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 41.7% 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.
75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Steelcase beats HNI on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SCS) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
