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Knoll (KNL) Competitors

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KNL vs. HNI, PBI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, MSA, MMS, and INGM

Should you be buying Knoll stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knoll include HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), Maximus (MMS), and Ingram Micro (INGM).

Knoll vs. Its Competitors

HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Knoll (NYSE:KNL) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Knoll shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Knoll shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, HNI had 3 more articles in the media than Knoll. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HNI and 1 mentions for Knoll. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Knoll's score of 0.22 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Knoll
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than Knoll. Knoll is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HNI$2.58B0.81$139.50M$3.0814.77
Knoll$1.24B1.00$7.70M$3.048.24

HNI has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knoll has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Knoll pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. HNI pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Knoll pays out 7.9% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

HNI has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Knoll's net margin of -0.60%. HNI's return on equity of 20.08% beat Knoll's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HNI5.73% 20.08% 8.77%
Knoll -0.60%7.76%2.36%

HNI currently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.81%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Knoll.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HNI
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Knoll
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

HNI beats Knoll on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KNL vs. The Competition

MetricKnollFurniture & Fixtures IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.24BN/A$26.76B$21.64B
Dividend Yield0.96%N/A2.75%3.50%
P/E Ratio-113.82N/A27.1829.94
Price / Sales1.00N/A792.6959.71
Price / Cash13.09N/A28.4024.98
Price / Book2.84N/A7.794.59
Net Income$7.70MN/A$199.76M$1.00B

Knoll Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KNL
Knoll
0.0648 of 5 stars
$25.04
flat
N/AN/A$1.24B$1.24B-113.823,082
HNI
HNI
4.8006 of 5 stars
$44.82
-1.7%
$75.00
+67.3%
-13.0%$2.05B$2.53B14.567,700Short Interest ↑
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.3279 of 5 stars
$11.32
-3.6%
N/A+68.0%$1.95B$2.03B-18.897,200Positive News
SCS
Steelcase
3.5263 of 5 stars
$16.74
-0.9%
$16.00
-4.4%
+30.9%$1.92B$3.17B16.2511,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TILE
Interface
3.6591 of 5 stars
$27.38
+1.3%
$32.00
+16.9%
+55.8%$1.60B$1.32B16.973,636
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9735 of 5 stars
$3.94
-1.6%
$6.00
+52.5%
-22.4%$354.66M$1.67B8.375,000Positive News
NL
NL Industries
1.2454 of 5 stars
$6.15
+1.7%
$6.00
-2.4%
-14.0%$300.49M$145.90M5.592,820
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8882 of 5 stars
$164.77
-1.3%
$197.60
+19.9%
-22.2%$12.86B$8.76B18.5135,000Positive News
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.551 of 5 stars
$168.47
-0.2%
$189.20
+12.3%
-5.6%$6.61B$1.81B24.095,200Positive News
MMS
Maximus
3.2895 of 5 stars
$87.79
+0.4%
$90.00
+2.5%
-1.0%$4.95B$5.31B16.1841,100Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
3.7178 of 5 stars
$20.54
+0.5%
$25.79
+25.5%
N/A$4.82B$47.98B17.7023,500

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This page (NYSE:KNL) was last updated on 9/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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