Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

MSA Safety Incorporporated (NYSE:MSA) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both office services & supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is MSA or SCS a better dividend stock?

MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 38.8% 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 Incorporporated has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years.

Is MSA or SCS more profitable?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.15% compared to Steelcase's net margin of 2.92%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 26.03% beat Steelcase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSA Safety Incorporporated	15.15%	26.03%	13.16%
Steelcase	2.92%	13.00%	5.45%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MSA or SCS?

92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MSA or SCS?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Steelcase. Steelcase 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.81B	3.58	$284.97M	$7.01	23.58
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.60	$120.70M	$1.03	16.11

Does the media refer more to MSA or SCS?

In the previous week, MSA Safety Incorporporated had 4 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated and 1 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat MSA Safety Incorporporated's score of 1.32 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSA Safety Incorporporated	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steelcase	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate MSA or SCS?

MSA Safety Incorporporated currently has a consensus target price of $189.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.45%. Given MSA Safety Incorporporated's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MSA Safety Incorporporated is more favorable than Steelcase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSA Safety Incorporporated	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, MSA or SCS?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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