ACCO Brands (ACCO) Competitors

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

Is TILE or ACCO a better dividend stock?

Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Interface pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ACCO Brands pays out -15.9% 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 prefer TILE or ACCO?

ACCO Brands received 100 more outperform votes than Interface when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Interface an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interface	Outperform Votes 311 58.79%	Underperform Votes 218 41.21%
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 411 60.00%	Underperform Votes 274 40.00%

Do analysts prefer TILE or ACCO?

Interface currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.93%. ACCO Brands has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.28%. Given ACCO Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACCO Brands 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
ACCO Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TILE or ACCO?

98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Interface shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are held by 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 refer more to TILE or ACCO?

In the previous week, Interface had 3 more articles in the media than ACCO Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Interface and 3 mentions for ACCO Brands. Interface's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ACCO Brands' score of 0.54 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Is TILE or ACCO 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
Interface	6.49%	19.91%	7.37%
ACCO Brands	-10.64%	14.30%	3.99%

Which has more risk & volatility, TILE or ACCO?

Interface has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TILE or ACCO?

Interface has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Interface	$1.31B	1.14	$44.52M	$1.43	17.87
ACCO Brands	$1.71B	0.31	-$21.80M	-$1.89	-3.00

Summary

Interface beats ACCO Brands on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.