Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TILE or HNI?

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
Interface	$1.35B	1.17	$86.95M	$1.62	16.77
HNI	$2.53B	0.80	$139.50M	$3.08	14.26

Is TILE or HNI 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
Interface	7.08%	18.97%	8.07%
HNI	5.73%	20.08%	8.77%

Is TILE or HNI a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. HNI pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Interface pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 44.2% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TILE or HNI?

98.3% of Interface shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Interface shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TILE or HNI?

Interface has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TILE or HNI?

In the previous week, Interface had 7 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Interface and 1 mentions for HNI. Interface's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat HNI's score of 0.42 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts prefer TILE or HNI?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. HNI has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 70.74%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HNI is more favorable than Interface.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interface	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

HNI beats Interface on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.