HNI (HNI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to HNI or MSA?

In the previous week, MSA Safety had 10 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for MSA Safety and 3 mentions for HNI. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat HNI's score of 0.41 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MSA Safety	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HNI or MSA?

75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of MSA Safety shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HNI or MSA a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. HNI pays out 97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MSA Safety pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and MSA Safety has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

Is HNI or MSA more profitable?

MSA Safety has a net margin of 14.97% compared to HNI's net margin of 4.39%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 30.64% beat HNI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HNI	4.39%	19.15%	7.52%
MSA Safety	14.97%	30.64%	13.43%

Do analysts rate HNI or MSA?

HNI currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.40%. MSA Safety has a consensus price target of $215.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSA Safety is more favorable than HNI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MSA Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has more volatility and risk, HNI or MSA?

HNI has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HNI or MSA?

MSA Safety received 51 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.19% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HNI	Outperform Votes 243 57.18%	Underperform Votes 182 42.82%
MSA Safety	Outperform Votes 294 64.19%	Underperform Votes 164 35.81%

Which has better valuation & earnings, HNI or MSA?

MSA Safety has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HNI. MSA Safety 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	$2.60B	0.97	$49.20M	$1.35	39.41
MSA Safety	$1.82B	3.91	$58.58M	$6.75	26.71

Summary

MSA Safety beats HNI on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.