MLKN vs. HNI, SCS, REYN, PTVE, SLVM, MAGN, MATV, PACK, RYAM, and MERC
Should you be buying MillerKnoll stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MillerKnoll include HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE), Sylvamo (SLVM), Magnera (MAGN), Mativ (MATV), Ranpak (PACK), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), and Mercer International (MERC).
MillerKnoll vs. Its Competitors
MillerKnoll (NASDAQ:MLKN) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, MillerKnoll had 3 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MillerKnoll and 4 mentions for HNI. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.20 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. MillerKnoll pays out -133.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 48.4% 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 15 consecutive years. MillerKnoll is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of MillerKnoll 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HNI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MillerKnoll. MillerKnoll 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 net margin of 5.35% compared to MillerKnoll's net margin of -1.01%. HNI's return on equity of 18.48% beat MillerKnoll's return on equity.
HNI has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.52%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than MillerKnoll.
Summary
HNI beats MillerKnoll on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MLKN) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff