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Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

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$9.93 -0.08 (-0.80%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

SCS vs. HNI, PBI, TILE, NL, ACCO, AVY, MSA, MARA, WEX, and GDS

Should you be buying Steelcase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steelcase include HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), NL Industries (NL), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), MARA (MARA), WEX (WEX), and GDS (GDS).

Steelcase vs.

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

In the previous week, HNI had 2 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HNI and 2 mentions for Steelcase. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Steelcase's score of 0.54 indicating that HNI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Steelcase received 65 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HNIOutperform Votes
248
57.67%
Underperform Votes
182
42.33%
SteelcaseOutperform Votes
313
65.21%
Underperform Votes
167
34.79%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HNI$2.53B0.79$49.20M$2.8914.64
Steelcase$3.17B0.36$81.10M$1.019.83

HNI has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Steelcase shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
HNI5.52% 18.27% 7.76%
Steelcase 3.63%14.20%5.75%

HNI currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.87%. Steelcase has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.20%. 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
HNI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Steelcase
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. HNI pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 39.6% 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 14 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Steelcase beats HNI on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SCS vs. The Competition

MetricSteelcaseOffice furniture, except wood IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.13B$1.04B$7.30B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.62%2.58%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.348.3330.7532.71
Price / Sales0.360.57172.2327.84
Price / Cash7.308.2431.5117.53
Price / Book1.281.845.034.47
Net Income$81.10M$65.15M$195.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.05%-0.02%0.76%0.50%
1 Month Performance-12.32%-8.88%3.57%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-17.46%-8.19%12.66%4.36%

Steelcase Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCS
Steelcase
4.8004 of 5 stars
$9.93
-0.8%
$17.00
+71.2%
-17.5%$1.13B$3.17B10.3411,800Negative News
HNI
HNI
4.8061 of 5 stars
$40.56
-1.6%
$63.00
+55.3%
+1.0%$1.91B$2.53B14.037,300Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.1987 of 5 stars
$7.81
-2.6%
N/A+104.0%$1.43B$2.03B-6.9711,000Positive News
TILE
Interface
4.6759 of 5 stars
$17.88
-3.8%
$30.00
+67.8%
+23.0%$1.04B$1.32B12.503,650Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
NL
NL Industries
0.8677 of 5 stars
$7.54
-2.3%
$6.00
-20.4%
+4.4%$368.31M$145.94M6.282,820Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
ACCO
ACCO Brands
4.8641 of 5 stars
$3.61
flat
$7.00
+93.9%
-20.1%$325.26M$1.67B-3.416,000Dividend Announcement
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.7728 of 5 stars
$169.31
-0.9%
$220.87
+30.5%
-21.3%$13.30B$8.76B19.4236,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
MSA
MSA Safety
4.5796 of 5 stars
$142.54
-1.1%
$194.20
+36.2%
-13.0%$5.60B$1.81B19.775,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MARA
MARA
3.5574 of 5 stars
$12.29
-2.9%
$22.80
+85.5%
-16.7%$4.25B$656.38M15.569Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WEX
WEX
4.7779 of 5 stars
$120.54
-2.2%
$187.80
+55.8%
-38.2%$4.13B$2.63B16.075,600Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GDS
GDS
2.8322 of 5 stars
$21.21
-1.2%
$39.48
+86.1%
+208.9%$4.04B$10.32B-6.951,880

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This page (NYSE:SCS) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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