PBI vs. MSA, HNI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, CGNX, SITM, and INFA
Should 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), Cognex (CGNX), SiTime (SITM), and Informatica (INFA).
Pitney Bowes vs. Its Competitors
MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) are both office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pitney Bowes pays out -53.3% 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. MSA Safety Incorporporated has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years and Pitney Bowes has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pitney Bowes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MSA Safety Incorporporated presently has a consensus target price of $189.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.87%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.
MSA Safety Incorporporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 4 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 2 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 0.77 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Pitney Bowes on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PBI) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
