NL vs. TILE, SCS, ACCO, AVY, MSA, HNI, PBI, ECVT, WLKP, and OEC
Should you be buying NL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NL Industries include Interface (TILE), Steelcase (SCS), Acco Brands (ACCO), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), and Orion (OEC).
NL Industries vs. Its Competitors
NL Industries (NYSE:NL) and Interface (NASDAQ:TILE) are both small-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
NL Industries has a net margin of 41.23% compared to Interface's net margin of 6.48%. Interface's return on equity of 17.73% beat NL Industries' return on equity.
10.7% of NL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of NL Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Interface shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 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%. NL Industries pays out 28.8% 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. NL Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. NL Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NL Industries has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interface has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NL Industries and NL Industries both had 2 articles in the media. Interface's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat NL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Interface is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Interface has higher revenue and earnings than NL Industries. NL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interface, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NL Industries presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.59%. Interface has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.23%. Given Interface's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Interface is more favorable than NL Industries.
Summary
Interface beats NL Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:NL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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