Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SCS or HNI?

92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SCS or HNI more profitable?

HNI has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 3.63%. HNI's return on equity of 18.27% beat Steelcase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCS or HNI?

Steelcase received 63 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.21%	Underperform Votes 167 34.79%
HNI	Outperform Votes 250 57.60%	Underperform Votes 184 42.40%

Do analysts recommend SCS or HNI?

Steelcase currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.66%. HNI has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.58%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better earnings & valuation, SCS or HNI?

Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than HNI. Steelcase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, 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
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.39	$81.10M	$1.01	10.61
HNI	$2.54B	0.89	$49.20M	$2.81	17.24

Is SCS or HNI a better dividend stock?

Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Steelcase pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 48.4% 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. HNI has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, SCS or HNI?

Steelcase has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SCS or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 4 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat HNI's score of 0.33 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Steelcase	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Steelcase beats HNI on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.