HNI (HNI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IOSP or HNI?

Innospec has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IOSP or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Innospec's net margin of 1.08%. HNI's return on equity of 20.08% beat Innospec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innospec	1.08%	10.89%	7.70%
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%

Is IOSP or HNI a better dividend stock?

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Innospec pays out 215.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HNI pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Innospec has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and HNI has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer IOSP or HNI?

HNI has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 74.09%. Given HNI's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Innospec.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innospec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IOSP or HNI?

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than Innospec. HNI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innospec, 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
Innospec	$1.85B	1.10	$35.60M	$0.78	104.41
HNI	$2.53B	0.78	$139.50M	$3.08	13.99

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IOSP or HNI?

96.6% of Innospec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Innospec 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IOSP or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 7 more articles in the media than Innospec. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HNI and 15 mentions for Innospec. Innospec's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat HNI's score of 0.44 indicating that Innospec is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Innospec	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HNI	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HNI beats Innospec on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.