Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Is TILE or MSA a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Interface pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSA Safety Incorporporated pays out 30.2% 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. MSA Safety Incorporporated has raised its dividend for 56 consecutive years. MSA Safety Incorporporated is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, TILE or MSA?

Interface has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSA Safety Incorporporated has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TILE or MSA?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has higher revenue and earnings than Interface. Interface is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSA Safety Incorporporated, 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	1.19	$86.95M	$1.62	17.06
MSA Safety Incorporporated	$1.83B	3.72	$284.97M	$7.01	24.79

Do analysts rate TILE or MSA?

Interface currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. MSA Safety Incorporporated has a consensus target price of $189.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Interface's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Interface is more favorable than MSA Safety Incorporporated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interface	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
MSA Safety Incorporporated	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to TILE or MSA?

In the previous week, Interface had 4 more articles in the media than MSA Safety Incorporporated. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Interface and 2 mentions for MSA Safety Incorporporated. MSA Safety Incorporporated's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Interface's score of -0.07 indicating that MSA Safety Incorporporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interface	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MSA Safety Incorporporated	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TILE or MSA more profitable?

MSA Safety Incorporporated has a net margin of 15.15% compared to Interface's net margin of 7.08%. MSA Safety Incorporporated's return on equity of 26.03% beat Interface's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	7.08%	18.97%	8.07%
MSA Safety Incorporporated	15.15%	26.03%	13.16%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TILE or MSA?

98.3% of Interface shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Interface shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MSA Safety Incorporporated shares are owned 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.

Summary

MSA Safety Incorporporated beats Interface on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.