HNI vs. SCS, LSPD, GEO, COUR, RIOT, NWTN, RAMP, PAYO, CLBT, and INTR
Should you be buying HNI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HNI include Steelcase (SCS), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), The GEO Group (GEO), Coursera (COUR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), NWTN (NWTN), LiveRamp (RAMP), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), and Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, HNI had 1 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for Steelcase. HNI's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Steelcase's score of 0.42 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Steelcase has a net margin of 2.57% compared to HNI's net margin of 2.03%. HNI's return on equity of 16.97% beat Steelcase's return on equity.
Steelcase received 73 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.
Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than HNI. Steelcase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HNI presently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Steelcase has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.06%. Given HNI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Steelcase.
75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Steelcase shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HNI has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. HNI pays out 125.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Steelcase pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Steelcase beats HNI on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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