Knoll (KNL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend HNI or KNL?

HNI currently has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.37%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Is HNI or KNL more profitable?

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
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%
Knoll	-0.60%	7.76%	2.36%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HNI or KNL?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HNI or KNL a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HNI or KNL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HNI	$2.53B	0.92	$139.50M	$3.08	16.41
Knoll	$1.24B	1.00	$7.70M	$3.04	8.24

Does the media prefer HNI or KNL?

In the previous week, HNI had 10 more articles in the media than Knoll. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HNI and 0 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	Overall Sentiment
HNI	Positive
Knoll	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, HNI or KNL?

HNI has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knoll has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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