HNI (HNI) Competitors

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

Is HNI or MLKN a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. HNI pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MillerKnoll pays out -133.9% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, HNI or MLKN?

HNI has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HNI or MLKN more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 5.35% compared to MillerKnoll's net margin of -1.01%. HNI's return on equity of 18.48% beat MillerKnoll's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HNI	5.35%	18.48%	7.99%
MillerKnoll	-1.01%	10.44%	3.40%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HNI or MLKN?

HNI has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
HNI	$2.53B	0.96	$139.50M	$2.81	18.51
MillerKnoll	$3.67B	0.38	-$36.90M	-$0.56	-36.70

Do analysts recommend HNI or MLKN?

HNI currently has a consensus target price of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.53%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than MillerKnoll.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
MillerKnoll	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer HNI or MLKN?

In the previous week, HNI and HNI both had 6 articles in the media. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.20 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MillerKnoll	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HNI or MLKN?

75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of MillerKnoll shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

HNI beats MillerKnoll on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.