Manufactures and sells commercial and home office furniture. Produces gas, wood, electric, and pellet-fueled fireplaces. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $1.4B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 62.4× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 33% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 39% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades 18% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
It pays out $1.38 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The company’s market value is 62 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 33/100.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 45/100.
On our five-subject report card, HNI sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: HNI does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (33/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.