Pitney Bowes (PBI) Competitors $11.11 -0.17 (-1.54%) Closing price 08/18/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.11 +0.00 (+0.03%) As of 08:02 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PBI vs. MSA, HNI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, ESTC, DBX, and GShould you be buying Pitney Bowes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pitney Bowes include MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), Elastic (ESTC), Dropbox (DBX), and Genpact (G). Pitney Bowes vs. Its Competitors MSA Safety Incorporporated HNI Steelcase Interface Acco Brands NL Industries Avery Dennison Elastic Dropbox Genpact Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) are both office services & supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation. Is PBI or MSA more profitable? MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.15% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -5.60%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 26.03% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Pitney Bowes-5.60% -38.01% 6.09% MSA Safety Incorporporated 15.15%26.03%13.16% Which has more volatility and risk, PBI or MSA? Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PBI or MSA? MSA Safety Incorporporated has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety Incorporporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPitney Bowes$2.03B0.94-$203.60M-$0.60-18.51MSA Safety Incorporporated$1.81B3.69$284.97M$7.0124.33 Do analysts prefer PBI or MSA? MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus target price of $189.20, suggesting a potential upside of 10.93%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Pitney Bowes 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00MSA Safety Incorporporated 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Do institutionals and insiders believe in PBI or MSA? 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor PBI or MSA? In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 7 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 12 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 1.22 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Pitney Bowes 10 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MSA Safety Incorporporated 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is PBI or MSA a better dividend stock? Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pitney Bowes pays out -53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% 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. Pitney Bowes has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and MSA Safety Incorporporated has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years. Pitney Bowes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummaryMSA Safety Incorporporated beats Pitney Bowes on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Pitney Bowes News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PBI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PBI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PBI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPitney BowesOFFICE AUTO&EQP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.94B$3.35B$29.98B$20.94BDividend Yield2.84%2.49%3.12%3.59%P/E Ratio-18.5116.4152.2628.16Price / Sales0.940.501,294.4158.12Price / Cash7.135.8833.6717.81Price / Book-3.490.717.244.57Net Income-$203.60M$38.58M$804.82M$993.62M7 Day Performance-3.93%-0.62%0.99%0.59%1 Month Performance-7.53%-0.77%-0.98%1.43%1 Year Performance48.28%9.80%24,092.42%11.84% Pitney Bowes Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PBIPitney Bowes3.4742 of 5 stars$11.11-1.5%N/A+54.5%$1.94B$2.03B-18.517,200Positive NewsMSAMSA Safety Incorporporated4.5801 of 5 stars$169.32-2.8%$189.20+11.7%-3.5%$6.63B$1.83B24.155,200Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeHNIHNI4.9837 of 5 stars$43.13-0.5%$75.00+73.9%-15.0%$1.98B$2.53B14.007,700Short Interest ↓SCSSteelcase3.6534 of 5 stars$15.96+0.5%$16.00+0.3%+22.6%$1.83B$3.22B15.4911,300High Trading VolumeTILEInterface4.753 of 5 stars$24.91+0.2%$32.00+28.5%+53.2%$1.46B$1.35B15.383,636Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementACCOAcco Brands4.9801 of 5 stars$3.68+1.0%$6.00+63.3%-24.6%$331.23M$1.67B7.825,000Analyst RevisionNLNL Industries0.9586 of 5 stars$6.35+4.2%$6.00-5.4%-11.3%$309.94M$152.72M5.772,820Gap DownAVYAvery Dennison4.9113 of 5 stars$171.86+0.6%$197.60+15.0%-19.0%$13.40B$8.76B19.2935,000Positive NewsESTCElastic3.8018 of 5 stars$72.45-2.8%$112.72+55.6%-27.9%$7.65B$1.48B-69.003,537DBXDropbox3.6645 of 5 stars$26.87-0.1%$30.33+12.9%+22.0%$7.56B$2.55B16.382,204Insider TradeGGenpact3.8573 of 5 stars$43.24-0.7%$50.13+15.9%+15.2%$7.56B$4.77B14.37140,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MSA Safety Incorporporated Competitors HNI Competitors Steelcase Competitors Interface Competitors Acco Brands Competitors NL Industries Competitors Avery Dennison Competitors Elastic Competitors Dropbox Competitors Genpact Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PBI) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredThis is my Christian duty“This land I will give to you…” — a 4,000-year-old line from Genesis may hold the key to unlocking a $150 tril...Paradigm Press | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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