HomeServe (OTCMKTS:HMSVF) versus HNI (NYSE:HNI) Financial Comparison

HomeServe (OTCMKTS:HMSVF) and HNI (NYSE:HNI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for HomeServe and HNI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HomeServe	0	0	0	0	0.00
HNI	0	1	1	0	2.50

HNI has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.57%. Given HNI’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than HomeServe.

Profitability

This table compares HomeServe and HNI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HomeServe	N/A	N/A	N/A
HNI	0.10%	13.66%	5.23%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HomeServe and HNI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HomeServe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HNI	$2.84 billion	1.25	$54.20 million	$0.09	544.78

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than HomeServe.

Summary

HNI beats HomeServe on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HomeServe

HomeServe plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides home repair and improvement services to homeowners under the HomeServe brand. It offers home assistance via subscription-based membership services for plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; and electrical, glazing, pest control, and locksmith service. The company also operates an online marketplace to help homeowners to find local trade on-demand, as well as to help with a range of home repairs and improvements, including landscape gardening and carpet cleaning. It serves approximately 8.4 million customers through a network of engineers and sub-contractors primarily in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Japan. HomeServe plc was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Walsall, the United Kingdom.

About HNI

HNI Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, sale, and marketing of workplace furnishings and residential building products primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Workplace Furnishings and Residential Building Products. The Workplace Furnishings segment offers a range of commercial and home office furniture, including panel-based and freestanding furniture systems, seating, storage, benching, tables, architectural products, and ancillary and hospitality products, as well as social collaborative items under the HON, Allsteel, Beyond, Gunlocke, HBF, HBF Textiles, HNI India, Kimball, National, Etc., Interwoven, David Edward, Kimball Hospitality, and D'style brands. This segment sells its products through independent office products dealers, wholesalers, office product distributors, e-commerce focused resellers, and wholesalers, as well as directly to end-user customers and governments. The Residential Building Products segment provides various gas, wood, electric, and pellet-fueled prefabricated fireplaces; and inserts, hearth stoves, facings, outdoor fire pits and fire tables, and accessories. This segment sells its products primarily for home use under the Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Majestic, Monessen, Quadra-Fire, Harman, Vermont Castings, PelPro, Stellar, SimpliFire, The Outdoor GreatRoom Company, and Forge & Flame brand names through independent dealers and distributors, and corporation-owned distribution and retail outlets. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa.