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PBI vs. MSA, HNI, TILE, SCS, ACCO, NL, AVY, VIPS, QRVO, 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), Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Acco Brands (ACCO), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), Vipshop (VIPS), Qorvo (QRVO), and Informatica (INFA).

Pitney Bowes vs. Its Competitors

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) are both mid-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

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$2.03B1.01-$203.60M-$0.91-12.31
MSA Safety Incorporporated$1.81B3.73$284.97M$7.2523.68

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus price target of $191.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.74%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 2 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 8 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Pitney Bowes' score of 0.52 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MSA Safety Incorporporated
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.77% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -7.18%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 27.65% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pitney Bowes-7.18% -31.61% 4.53%
MSA Safety Incorporporated 15.77%27.65%13.77%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Pitney Bowes pays out -30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 29.2% 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 14 of the 20 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$2.05B$3.50B$27.30B$20.48B
Dividend Yield2.57%1.88%2.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio-12.3016.2935.9227.72
Price / Sales1.010.532,036.9537.59
Price / Cash6.905.9937.9921.79
Price / Book-3.520.747.034.53
Net Income-$203.60M$38.58M$762.35M$984.47M
7 Day Performance5.81%5.25%2.84%3.27%
1 Month Performance9.32%5.95%6.24%5.70%
1 Year Performance78.99%22.00%52,211.36%14.12%

Pitney Bowes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBI
Pitney Bowes
2.6235 of 5 stars
$11.21
-0.1%
N/A+88.8%$2.05B$2.03B-12.307,200News Coverage
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.8326 of 5 stars
$166.41
+0.9%
$191.80
+15.3%
-7.4%$6.54B$1.81B22.955,200Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.9034 of 5 stars
$47.48
+2.3%
$71.00
+49.5%
+13.2%$2.21B$2.53B16.907,700Insider Trade
TILE
Interface
4.913 of 5 stars
$20.75
+3.1%
$30.00
+44.6%
+47.4%$1.22B$1.32B14.313,636
SCS
Steelcase
4.8201 of 5 stars
$10.52
+2.9%
$16.00
+52.1%
-15.0%$1.21B$3.17B10.4211,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9934 of 5 stars
$3.47
+2.8%
$6.00
+73.2%
-16.1%$312.20M$1.67B-3.075,000
NL
NL Industries
1.2476 of 5 stars
$6.10
-7.0%
$6.00
-1.6%
+8.8%$297.99M$145.90M4.882,820Positive News
High Trading Volume
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.7959 of 5 stars
$179.48
+2.3%
$206.60
+15.1%
-15.1%$14.03B$8.76B20.6835,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
VIPS
Vipshop
2.6261 of 5 stars
$14.67
-1.3%
$15.10
+2.9%
+14.7%$7.53B$14.85B7.6814,966News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
QRVO
Qorvo
3.8759 of 5 stars
$80.92
+1.3%
$91.21
+12.7%
-26.9%$7.53B$3.72B139.526,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
INFA
Informatica
1.7043 of 5 stars
$24.16
+0.1%
$24.46
+1.3%
-20.1%$7.31B$1.64B-2,415,500.005,200

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This page (NYSE:PBI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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