Acco Brands (ACCO) Competitors

Interface (NASDAQ:TILE) and Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) are both small-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, TILE or ACCO?

Interface has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acco Brands. Acco Brands 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	$1.32B	0.98	$86.95M	$1.45	15.27
Acco Brands	$1.67B	0.22	-$101.60M	-$1.13	-3.53

Do analysts rate TILE or ACCO?

Interface currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.53%. Acco Brands has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.38%. Given Acco Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acco Brands 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
Acco Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TILE or ACCO?

98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Acco Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Interface shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Acco Brands shares are held by company 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.

Is TILE or ACCO more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Acco Brands' net margin of -6.68%. Interface's return on equity of 17.73% beat Acco Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	6.48%	17.73%	7.19%
Acco Brands	-6.68%	15.48%	4.08%

Is TILE or ACCO a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Acco Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acco Brands pays out -26.5% 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. Acco Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to TILE or ACCO?

In the previous week, Interface had 4 more articles in the media than Acco Brands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Interface and 1 mentions for Acco Brands. Acco Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Interface's score of 0.25 indicating that Acco Brands 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Acco Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TILE or ACCO?

Interface has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acco Brands has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Interface beats Acco Brands on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.