Interface (TILE) Competitors

HNI (NYSE:HNI) and Interface (NASDAQ:TILE) are both office services & supplies companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Is HNI or TILE a better dividend stock?

HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HNI pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interface pays out 2.5% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is HNI or TILE more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 7.08% compared to HNI's net margin of 5.73%. HNI's return on equity of 20.08% beat Interface's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%
Interface	7.08%	18.97%	8.07%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HNI or TILE?

75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Interface 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.

Does the media favor HNI or TILE?

In the previous week, HNI had 1 more articles in the media than Interface. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for HNI and 7 mentions for Interface. Interface's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat HNI's score of 0.59 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HNI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Interface	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HNI or TILE?

HNI has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interface has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HNI or TILE?

HNI presently has a consensus target price of $75.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.27%. Interface has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.39%. Given HNI's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than Interface.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Interface	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HNI or TILE?

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than Interface. HNI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interface, 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	$2.58B	0.80	$139.50M	$3.08	14.56
Interface	$1.32B	1.21	$86.95M	$1.62	16.83

Summary

HNI beats Interface on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.