MillerKnoll (MLKN) Competitors

MillerKnoll (NASDAQ:MLKN) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend MLKN or HNI?

HNI has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.72%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MillerKnoll	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is MLKN or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 5.73% compared to MillerKnoll's net margin of -0.41%. HNI's return on equity of 20.08% beat MillerKnoll's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MillerKnoll	-0.41%	10.96%	3.56%
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%

Which has more risk and volatility, MLKN or HNI?

MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of MillerKnoll shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MLKN or HNI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MillerKnoll	$3.67B	0.33	-$36.90M	-$0.25	-69.88
HNI	$2.53B	0.85	$139.50M	$3.08	15.25

Does the media refer more to MLKN or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 2 more articles in the media than MillerKnoll. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for MillerKnoll. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.38 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MillerKnoll	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HNI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MLKN or HNI a better dividend stock?

MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. MillerKnoll pays out -300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 44.2% 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.

Summary

HNI beats MillerKnoll on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.