Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Is TILE or HNI more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 6.49% compared to HNI's net margin of 5.52%. Interface's return on equity of 19.91% beat HNI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	6.49%	19.91%	7.37%
HNI	5.52%	18.27%	7.76%

Does the media favor TILE or HNI?

In the previous week, Interface had 2 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Interface and 7 mentions for HNI. Interface's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat HNI's score of 0.34 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interface	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, TILE or HNI?

HNI has higher revenue and earnings than Interface. Interface is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HNI, 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
Interface	$1.32B	0.93	$44.52M	$1.45	14.52
HNI	$2.54B	0.88	$49.20M	$2.81	16.98

Do analysts rate TILE or HNI?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.45%. HNI has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.82%. Given HNI's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HNI is more favorable than Interface.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interface	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TILE or HNI?

98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Interface shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TILE or HNI?

Interface received 69 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Interface an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 319 59.29%	Underperform Votes 219 40.71%
HNI	Outperform Votes 250 57.60%	Underperform Votes 184 42.40%

Which has more risk & volatility, TILE or HNI?

Interface has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TILE or HNI a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 48.4% 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.

Summary

Interface beats HNI on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.