Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate TILE or HNI?

Interface currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. HNI has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger 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	$1.26B	0.74	$44.52M	$1.01	15.95
HNI	$2.43B	0.91	$49.20M	$1.35	34.85

Does the media prefer TILE or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 6 more articles in the media than Interface. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HNI and 4 mentions for Interface. HNI's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Interface's score of 0.28 indicating that HNI 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HNI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TILE or HNI more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 4.73% compared to HNI's net margin of 2.57%. HNI's return on equity of 17.75% beat Interface's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	4.73%	16.94%	5.69%
HNI	2.57%	17.75%	6.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TILE or HNI?

Interface received 64 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Interface an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 303 58.16%	Underperform Votes 218 41.84%
HNI	Outperform Votes 239 56.77%	Underperform Votes 182 43.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, TILE or HNI?

Interface has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Interface pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

HNI beats Interface on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.