ACCO Brands (ACCO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ACCO or TILE?

ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interface has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACCO or TILE more profitable?

Interface has a net margin of 6.49% compared to ACCO Brands' net margin of -10.64%. Interface's return on equity of 19.91% beat ACCO Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACCO Brands	-10.64%	14.30%	3.99%
Interface	6.49%	19.91%	7.37%

Do analysts recommend ACCO or TILE?

ACCO Brands currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.99%. Interface has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.37%. Given ACCO Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than Interface.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACCO Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Interface	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ACCO or TILE?

Interface has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ACCO Brands. ACCO Brands 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
ACCO Brands	$1.83B	0.27	-$21.80M	-$1.89	-2.78
Interface	$1.26B	1.11	$44.52M	$1.43	16.79

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACCO or TILE?

84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Interface shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Interface shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ACCO or TILE?

In the previous week, ACCO Brands and ACCO Brands both had 3 articles in the media. ACCO Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Interface's score of 0.48 indicating that ACCO Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ACCO Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Interface	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ACCO or TILE a better dividend stock?

ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ACCO Brands pays out -15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Interface pays out 2.8% 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. ACCO Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACCO or TILE?

ACCO Brands received 101 more outperform votes than Interface when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.06% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Interface an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 412 60.06%	Underperform Votes 274 39.94%
Interface	Outperform Votes 311 58.79%	Underperform Votes 218 41.21%

Summary

ACCO Brands and Interface tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.