Analyzing Teleperformance (OTCMKTS:TLPFY) and HNI (NYSE:HNI)

HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Teleperformance (OTCMKTS:TLPFY) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for HNI and Teleperformance, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HNI	0	1	1	0	2.50
Teleperformance	0	1	0	0	2.00

HNI presently has a consensus target price of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.07%. Given HNI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than Teleperformance.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HNI and Teleperformance”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HNI	$2.84 billion	1.21	$54.20 million	$0.09	526.89
Teleperformance	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than Teleperformance.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

About Teleperformance

Teleperformance SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the customers consultancy services in France and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Core Services and Digital Integrated Business Services, and Specialized Services. The company offers customer relationship operations, technical support, technical assistance and customer acquisition services, management of business processes, back office and digital platform services, consulting, data analysis services, on-line interpretation, visa application management, health management services, and accounts receivable credit management services, and recruitment process outsource services. It also provides digital CX, trust and safety, artificial intelligence, video CX, metaverse, CX management, advanced analytics, business transformation consulting, technology as a service, collection service, interpretation and translation, and healthcare support services. The company serves automotive, energy and utilities, insurance, government, technology, travel and hospitality, and banking and financial services, as well as healthcare, media, retail and e-commerce, cargo, telecom, and video games industries. Teleperformance SE was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Paris, France.