Interface (TILE) Competitors

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

Is TILE or HNI more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 6.49% compared to HNI's net margin of 4.83%. Interface's return on equity of 19.91% beat HNI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interface	6.49%	19.91%	7.37%
HNI	4.83%	19.29%	7.94%

Do analysts recommend TILE or HNI?

Interface currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.45%. HNI has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.16%. Given HNI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 more volatility & risk, TILE or HNI?

Interface has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HNI has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TILE or HNI?

In the previous week, Interface had 1 more articles in the media than HNI. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Interface and 4 mentions for HNI. Interface's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat HNI's score of 0.93 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interface	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HNI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 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 $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HNI pays out 51.2% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. HNI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TILE or HNI?

98.3% of Interface shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of HNI shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Interface shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of HNI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TILE or HNI?

Interface received 63 more outperform votes than HNI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.71% of users gave Interface an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave HNI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 310 58.71%	Underperform Votes 218 41.29%
HNI	Outperform Votes 247 57.58%	Underperform Votes 182 42.42%

Which has higher 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	1.18	$44.52M	$1.43	17.80
HNI	$2.56B	1.05	$49.20M	$2.58	21.77

Summary

Interface and HNI tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.