Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TILE or IMAX?

IMAX received 693 more outperform votes than Interface when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.75% of users gave IMAX an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Interface an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 303 58.16%	Underperform Votes 218 41.84%
IMAX	Outperform Votes 996 77.75%	Underperform Votes 285 22.25%

Do analysts rate TILE or IMAX?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.83%. IMAX has a consensus price target of $20.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.29%. Given IMAX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IMAX 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
IMAX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is TILE or IMAX more profitable?

IMAX has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Interface's net margin of 4.73%. Interface's return on equity of 16.94% beat IMAX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	4.73%	16.94%	5.69%
IMAX	7.13%	9.47%	3.93%

Which has more volatility & risk, TILE or IMAX?

Interface has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IMAX has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TILE or IMAX?

In the previous week, IMAX had 12 more articles in the media than Interface. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for IMAX and 6 mentions for Interface. Interface's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat IMAX's score of 0.30 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	Positive
IMAX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TILE or IMAX?

98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of IMAX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Interface shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of IMAX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TILE or IMAX?

Interface has higher revenue and earnings than IMAX. Interface is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IMAX, 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	0.72	$44.52M	$1.01	15.39
IMAX	$374.84M	2.38	$25.33M	$0.48	35.33

Summary

IMAX beats Interface on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.