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$11.11 -0.17 (-1.54%)
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PBI vs. MSA, HNI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, NL, AVY, ESTC, DBX, and G

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), Elastic (ESTC), Dropbox (DBX), and Genpact (G).

Pitney Bowes vs. Its Competitors

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.

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%

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.

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 Ratio
Pitney Bowes$2.03B0.94-$203.60M-$0.60-18.51
MSA Safety Incorporporated$1.81B3.69$284.97M$7.0124.33

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)
2.00
MSA Safety Incorporporated
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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.

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

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.

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Pitney Bowes on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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PBI vs. The Competition

MetricPitney BowesOFFICE AUTO&EQP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.94B$3.35B$29.98B$20.94B
Dividend Yield2.84%2.49%3.12%3.59%
P/E Ratio-18.5116.4152.2628.16
Price / Sales0.940.501,294.4158.12
Price / Cash7.135.8833.6717.81
Price / Book-3.490.717.244.57
Net Income-$203.60M$38.58M$804.82M$993.62M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.4742 of 5 stars
$11.11
-1.5%
N/A+54.5%$1.94B$2.03B-18.517,200Positive News
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.5801 of 5 stars
$169.32
-2.8%
$189.20
+11.7%
-3.5%$6.63B$1.83B24.155,200Positive News
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HNI
HNI
4.9837 of 5 stars
$43.13
-0.5%
$75.00
+73.9%
-15.0%$1.98B$2.53B14.007,700Short Interest ↓
SCS
Steelcase
3.6534 of 5 stars
$15.96
+0.5%
$16.00
+0.3%
+22.6%$1.83B$3.22B15.4911,300High Trading Volume
TILE
Interface
4.753 of 5 stars
$24.91
+0.2%
$32.00
+28.5%
+53.2%$1.46B$1.35B15.383,636Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9801 of 5 stars
$3.68
+1.0%
$6.00
+63.3%
-24.6%$331.23M$1.67B7.825,000Analyst Revision
NL
NL Industries
0.9586 of 5 stars
$6.35
+4.2%
$6.00
-5.4%
-11.3%$309.94M$152.72M5.772,820Gap Down
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9113 of 5 stars
$171.86
+0.6%
$197.60
+15.0%
-19.0%$13.40B$8.76B19.2935,000Positive News
ESTC
Elastic
3.8018 of 5 stars
$72.45
-2.8%
$112.72
+55.6%
-27.9%$7.65B$1.48B-69.003,537
DBX
Dropbox
3.6645 of 5 stars
$26.87
-0.1%
$30.33
+12.9%
+22.0%$7.56B$2.55B16.382,204Insider Trade
G
Genpact
3.8573 of 5 stars
$43.24
-0.7%
$50.13
+15.9%
+15.2%$7.56B$4.77B14.37140,000

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This page (NYSE:PBI) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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