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HNI vs. MLKN, FUL, MSA, PBI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, and DLX

Should you be buying HNI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HNI include MillerKnoll (MLKN), H. B. Fuller (FUL), MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), and Deluxe (DLX).

HNI vs. Its 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 dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, MillerKnoll had 1 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MillerKnoll and 7 mentions for HNI. MillerKnoll's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat HNI's score of 0.90 indicating that MillerKnoll is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MillerKnoll
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HNI
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 3.0%. MillerKnoll pays out -133.9% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. MillerKnoll is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

HNI has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.64%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MillerKnoll
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
HNI
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

HNI has a net margin of 5.73% compared to MillerKnoll's net margin of -1.01%. HNI's return on equity of 20.08% beat MillerKnoll's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MillerKnoll-1.01% 10.44% 3.40%
HNI 5.73%20.08%8.77%

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

MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MillerKnoll$3.67B0.39-$36.90M-$0.56-37.54
HNI$2.53B0.81$139.50M$3.0814.53

Summary

HNI beats MillerKnoll on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HNI vs. The Competition

MetricHNIBusiness/Office Products IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.05B$1.22B$25.98B$21.22B
Dividend Yield3.03%3.83%2.78%3.51%
P/E Ratio14.559.1928.1129.25
Price / Sales0.810.801,188.0049.19
Price / Cash8.396.5926.8423.86
Price / Book2.531.766.145.36
Net Income$139.50M$75.55M$197.87M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-0.22%-0.52%8.79%0.22%
1 Month Performance-13.65%12.33%6.17%3.29%
1 Year Performance-15.82%-16.71%45.10%11.74%

HNI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HNI
HNI
4.9918 of 5 stars
$44.74
-0.6%
$75.00
+67.6%
-15.1%$2.05B$2.53B14.557,700
MLKN
MillerKnoll
3.5039 of 5 stars
$21.90
-1.3%
N/A-27.7%$1.49B$3.67B-39.1110,382Positive News
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.144 of 5 stars
$61.06
-1.8%
$67.25
+10.1%
-26.9%$3.29B$3.57B33.017,500Positive News
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.3213 of 5 stars
$172.50
-2.0%
$189.20
+9.7%
-3.3%$6.75B$1.81B24.615,200News Coverage
Positive News
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.2446 of 5 stars
$12.40
+4.9%
N/A+69.2%$2.13B$2.03B-20.677,200Positive News
SCS
Steelcase
3.9648 of 5 stars
$16.40
-0.6%
$16.00
-2.4%
+21.4%$1.88B$3.17B15.9211,300Positive News
High Trading Volume
TILE
Interface
4.681 of 5 stars
$26.68
-2.1%
$32.00
+19.9%
+46.6%$1.56B$1.32B16.473,636Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9896 of 5 stars
$3.97
-1.0%
$6.00
+51.1%
-25.9%$357.83M$1.58B8.455,000Positive News
NL
NL Industries
0.9716 of 5 stars
$6.40
-5.0%
$6.00
-6.3%
-3.4%$312.80M$145.90M5.822,820
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9228 of 5 stars
$175.75
-1.5%
$197.60
+12.4%
-21.8%$13.71B$8.74B19.7335,000Positive News
DLX
Deluxe
4.9212 of 5 stars
$19.90
-0.8%
$23.00
+15.6%
-4.9%$892.98M$2.12B15.424,981Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HNI) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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