NL Industries (NL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TILE or NL?

Interface received 127 more outperform votes than NL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.81% of users gave NL Industries an outperform vote while only 59.29% of users gave Interface an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 319 59.29%	Underperform Votes 219 40.71%
NL Industries	Outperform Votes 192 59.81%	Underperform Votes 129 40.19%

Which has more risk & volatility, TILE or NL?

Interface has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NL Industries has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TILE or NL?

Interface has higher revenue and earnings than NL Industries. NL Industries 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	0.87	$44.52M	$1.45	13.53
NL Industries	$148.24M	2.55	-$2.31M	$1.25	6.20

Is TILE or NL more profitable?

NL Industries has a net margin of 38.69% compared to Interface's net margin of 6.49%. Interface's return on equity of 19.91% beat NL Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	6.49%	19.91%	7.37%
NL Industries	38.69%	14.74%	10.09%

Is TILE or NL a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NL Industries pays out 28.8% 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. NL Industries has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. NL Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer TILE or NL?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.91%. NL Industries has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.53%. Given Interface's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Interface is more favorable than NL Industries.

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
NL Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media favor TILE or NL?

In the previous week, Interface had 8 more articles in the media than NL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Interface and 2 mentions for NL Industries. Interface's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat NL Industries' score of 0.05 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interface	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NL Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TILE or NL?

98.3% of Interface shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of NL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Interface shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NL Industries shares are owned 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.

Summary

Interface beats NL Industries on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.