HNI (HNI) Competitors

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is MSA or HNI more profitable?

MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.76% compared to HNI's net margin of 5.52%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 28.64% beat HNI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety	15.76%	28.64%	13.74%
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%

Is MSA or HNI a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. MSA Safety pays out 29.2% 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. MSA Safety has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and HNI has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HNI. HNI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, 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
MSA Safety	$1.82B	3.57	$284.97M	$7.25	22.73
HNI	$2.54B	0.88	$49.20M	$2.81	17.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MSA or HNI?

92.5% of MSA Safety shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor MSA or HNI?

In the previous week, MSA Safety had 2 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MSA Safety and 7 mentions for HNI. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat HNI's score of 0.24 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety received 50 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.97% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MSA Safety	Outperform Votes 300 63.97%	Underperform Votes 169 36.03%
HNI	Outperform Votes 250 57.60%	Underperform Votes 184 42.40%

Do analysts prefer MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety presently has a consensus target price of $191.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.40%. HNI has a consensus target price of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.60%. Given HNI's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than MSA Safety.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, MSA or HNI?

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MSA Safety beats HNI on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.