Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend TILE or HNI?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.82%. HNI has a consensus price target of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.01%. Given Interface's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interface is more favorable than HNI.

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
HNI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & 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	$1.32B	0.93	$86.95M	$1.45	14.39
HNI	$2.54B	0.93	$139.50M	$2.81	18.05

Which has more volatility & risk, TILE or HNI?

Interface has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TILE or HNI?

In the previous week, HNI had 5 more articles in the media than Interface. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HNI and 2 mentions for Interface. Interface's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat HNI's score of 0.83 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 48.4% 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. HNI has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is TILE or HNI more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 6.48% compared to HNI's net margin of 5.35%. HNI's return on equity of 18.48% beat Interface's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	6.48%	17.73%	7.19%
HNI	5.35%	18.48%	7.99%

Summary

HNI beats Interface on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.