Knoll (KNL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KNL or HNI?

87.1% of Knoll shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Knoll shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KNL or HNI a better dividend stock?

Knoll pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Knoll pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 44.2% 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KNL or HNI?

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
Knoll	$1.24B	1.00	$7.70M	$3.04	8.24
HNI	$2.58B	0.80	$139.50M	$3.08	14.56

Which has more volatility & risk, KNL or HNI?

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

Is KNL or HNI 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
Knoll	-0.60%	7.76%	2.36%
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%

Does the media prefer KNL or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 8 more articles in the media than Knoll. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HNI and 0 mentions for Knoll. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Knoll's score of 0.22 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Knoll	Neutral
HNI	Positive

Do analysts prefer KNL or HNI?

HNI has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.27%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Knoll.

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

Summary

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