Steelcase (SCS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HNI or SCS?

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

Do analysts recommend HNI or SCS?

HNI presently has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.33%. Steelcase has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.85%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Steelcase is more favorable than HNI.

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

Is HNI or SCS 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
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%

Which has more volatility and risk, HNI or SCS?

HNI has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HNI or SCS a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. HNI pays out 48.4% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor HNI or SCS?

In the previous week, HNI had 7 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for HNI and 5 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat HNI's score of 0.77 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HNI	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steelcase	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, HNI or SCS?

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
HNI	$2.54B	0.87	$49.20M	$2.81	16.81
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.37	$81.10M	$1.01	10.15

Summary

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