MillerKnoll (MLKN) Competitors

Pactiv Evergreen (NASDAQ:PTVE) and MillerKnoll (NASDAQ:MLKN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is PTVE or MLKN a better dividend stock?

Pactiv Evergreen pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Pactiv Evergreen pays out -51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MillerKnoll pays out 178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, PTVE or MLKN?

Pactiv Evergreen has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PTVE or MLKN?

22.2% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pactiv Evergreen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer PTVE or MLKN?

In the previous week, Pactiv Evergreen and Pactiv Evergreen both had 1 articles in the media. MillerKnoll's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Pactiv Evergreen's score of 0.00 indicating that MillerKnoll is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pactiv Evergreen	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MillerKnoll	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PTVE or MLKN?

Pactiv Evergreen received 18 more outperform votes than MillerKnoll when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.87% of users gave MillerKnoll an outperform vote while only 41.03% of users gave Pactiv Evergreen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pactiv Evergreen	Outperform Votes 32 41.03%	Underperform Votes 46 58.97%
MillerKnoll	Outperform Votes 14 60.87%	Underperform Votes 9 39.13%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PTVE or MLKN?

MillerKnoll has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pactiv Evergreen. Pactiv Evergreen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MillerKnoll, 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
Pactiv Evergreen	$5.15B	0.63	-$223M	-$0.77	-23.39
MillerKnoll	$3.60B	0.31	$82.30M	$0.42	39.55

Do analysts rate PTVE or MLKN?

Pactiv Evergreen presently has a consensus price target of $16.80, indicating a potential downside of 6.72%. Given Pactiv Evergreen's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pactiv Evergreen is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pactiv Evergreen	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MillerKnoll	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is PTVE or MLKN more profitable?

MillerKnoll has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Pactiv Evergreen's net margin of -3.16%. Pactiv Evergreen's return on equity of 14.41% beat MillerKnoll's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pactiv Evergreen	-3.16%	14.41%	2.93%
MillerKnoll	1.81%	10.74%	3.59%

Summary

MillerKnoll beats Pactiv Evergreen on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.