SCS vs. HNI, NVEE, ZKH, IAS, AVPT, STER, GCT, HURN, MEG, and GDS
Should you be buying Steelcase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steelcase include HNI (HNI), NV5 Global (NVEE), ZKH Group (ZKH), Integral Ad Science (IAS), AvePoint (AVPT), Sterling Check (STER), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), and GDS (GDS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
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.
HNI presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. Steelcase has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.30%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than Steelcase.
75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HNI had 8 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for HNI and 3 mentions for Steelcase. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Steelcase's score of 0.28 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HNI has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Steelcase's return on equity of 17.75% beat HNI's return on equity.
HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. HNI pays out 94.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Steelcase pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Steelcase has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Steelcase is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Steelcase received 72 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.
Summary
Steelcase beats HNI on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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