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MillerKnoll vs Interface

MLKN and TILE side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How MLKN and TILE compare

Interface is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as MillerKnoll ($1.8B against $1.5B).

On earnings, Interface is cheaper: it trades at 13.4× trailing earnings, against 15.5× for MillerKnoll.

Interface grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.1% versus 1.2% for MillerKnoll).

Interface keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.6% compared with 2.6% at MillerKnoll.

Both pay dividends: MillerKnoll yields 3.4% and Interface 0.35%.

Interface scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 16 for MillerKnoll), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricMLKNTILE
Size and price
Market cap$1.5B$1.8B
Share price$21.84$31.73
Change, 1 year54.9%21.3%
Change, 5 years−48.0%99.9%
Beta (5Y)1.301.20
Employees11K3,570
StockData Score
Total score1620 (better)
Valuation score6 (better)4
Growth score33
Performance score34 (better)
Health score16 (better)
Dividend score33
Valuation
P/E15.5×13.4× (better)
P/S0.4× (better)1.3×
P/B1.1× (better)2.6×
EV/EBITDA7.6× (better)7.9×
P/FCF13.0× (better)13.6×
PEG0.460.17 (better)
FCF yield7.7% (better)7.4%
Fair value$28.31$35.00
Margin of safety22.9% (better)9.4%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)1.2%5.1% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average9.3% (better)4.7%
Net income growth (TTM)–22.2%
EPS growth (TTM)–22.9%
EPS growth, 5Y average−14.8%–
Profitability
Gross margin39.5%40.8% (better)
Operating margin5.2%13.8% (better)
Net margin2.6%9.6% (better)
FCF margin3.0%9.4% (better)
Return on equity7.4%20.8% (better)
Return on invested capital6.0%20.4% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.960.18 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA3.260.21 (better)
Interest coverage2.9×14.5× (better)
Current ratio1.652.30 (better)
Altman Z-score1.854.66 (better)
Piotroski F-score77
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield3.4% (better)0.35%
Payout ratio52.3%4.7%
Years of dividend growth01 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average6.0% (better)−8.8%
Buyback yield−0.55%1.8% (better)
Shareholder yield2.9% (better)2.2%
Ownership
Held by institutions96.4%103%
Held by insiders2.0%2.9%
Insider net buying, 12 months–−$7.9M
Short interest, % of float4.9%6.1%

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