Pitney Bowes (PBI) Competitors

MSA Safety (NYSE:MSA) and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility & risk, MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MSA or PBI?

In the previous week, MSA Safety had 4 more articles in the media than Pitney Bowes. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MSA Safety and 6 mentions for Pitney Bowes. MSA Safety's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 1.04 indicating that MSA Safety is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pitney Bowes	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety received 38 more outperform votes than Pitney Bowes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.97% of users gave MSA Safety an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave Pitney Bowes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MSA Safety	Outperform Votes 300 63.97%	Underperform Votes 169 36.03%
Pitney Bowes	Outperform Votes 262 55.04%	Underperform Votes 214 44.96%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MSA or PBI?

92.5% of MSA Safety shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MSA or PBI more profitable?

MSA Safety has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -7.71%. MSA Safety's return on equity of 28.64% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety	15.76%	28.64%	13.74%
Pitney Bowes	-7.71%	-20.95%	2.64%

Is MSA or PBI a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. MSA Safety pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pitney Bowes pays out -30.8% 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 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety, 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
MSA Safety	$1.82B	3.56	$284.97M	$7.25	22.71
Pitney Bowes	$2.00B	0.96	-$203.60M	-$0.91	-11.51

Do analysts prefer MSA or PBI?

MSA Safety currently has a consensus target price of $191.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Given MSA Safety's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MSA Safety is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Pitney Bowes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

MSA Safety beats Pitney Bowes on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.