How to buy Interface stock | 6.93

Interface, Inc is a furnishings, fixtures & appliances business based in the US. Interface shares (TILE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Interface employs 4,110 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion.

How to buy shares in Interface

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Interface. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TILE. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Interface reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$6.93, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Interface, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Interface. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Interface's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Interface's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$6.93, which is 58.25% down on its pre-crash value of USD$16.6 and 36.96% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$5.06.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Interface shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$390.06 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$431.12.

Interface share price

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Interface shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$6.93
52-week range	USD$5.06 - USD$17.675
50-day moving average	USD$6.7826
200-day moving average	USD$7.873
Wall St. target price	USD$10
PE ratio	10.3284
Dividend yield	USD$0.04 (0.58%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.159

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Is it a good time to buy Interface stock?

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Interface price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $6.93 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-16)	6.93
1 month (2020-09-25)	11.95%
3 months (2020-07-24)	-13.91%
6 months (2020-04-24)	-14.86%

1 year (2019-10-25)	-57.87%
2 years (2018-10-25)	-61.75%
3 years (2017-10-25)	-67.92%
5 years (2015-10-23)	-70.87%

Is Interface under- or over-valued?

Valuing Interface stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Interface's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Interface's P/E ratio

Interface's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Interface shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Interface's PEG ratio

Interface's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.59. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Interface's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Interface's EBITDA

Interface's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$172.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Interface's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Interface financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	9.98%
Gross profit TTM	USD$525.5 million
Return on assets TTM	5.59%
Return on equity TTM	-17.96%
Profit margin	-4.44%
Book value	$4.41
Market capitalisation	USD$402.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Interface shares

There are currently 881,495 Interface shares held short by investors – that's known as Interface's "short interest". This figure is 23.5% down from 1.2 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Interface shares can be evaluated.

Interface's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Interface's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Interface shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Interface shares traded daily (recently around 648158.08823529). Interface's SIR currently stands at 1.36. In other words for every 100,000 Interface shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1360 shares are currently held short.

However Interface's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Interface shares, or, against the total number of tradable Interface shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Interface's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Interface shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0209% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Interface shares, roughly 21 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Interface.

Find out more about how you can short Interface stock.

Interface share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 9.87% of net profits

Recently Interface has paid out, on average, around 9.87% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.58% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Interface shareholders could enjoy a 0.58% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Interface's case, that would currently equate to about $0.04 per share.

While Interface's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Interface is investing more in its future growth.

Interface's most recent dividend payout was on 18 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Interface's shares ever split?

Interface's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 June 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Interface shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Interface shares which in turn could have impacted Interface's share price.

Interface share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Interface's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.06 up to $17.675. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Interface's is 1.8058. This would suggest that Interface's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Interface overview

Interface, Inc., a modular flooring company, designs, produces, and sells modular carpet products primarily in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers modular carpets under the Interface and FLOR band names; carpet tiles under the GlasBacRE name for use in commercial interiors, including offices, healthcare facilities, airports, educational and other institutions, hospitality spaces, and retail facilities, as well as residential interiors; modular resilient flooring products; rubber flooring under the norament and noraplan brand names ; and luxury vinyl tile products. It also produces and sells an adapted version of its carpet tile for the healthcare facilities market; and two-meter roll goods that are structure-backed for use in education, healthcare, and government markets, as well as carpet replacement, installation, and maintenance services. In addition, the company sells and licenses a proprietary antimicrobial chemical compound under the Intersept name for use in interior finishes; sells TacTiles, a carpet tile installation system, as well as various adhesives and products; and provides turnkey project management services for global accounts and other customers through its InterfaceSERVICES business. It sells its products directly to end-users, as well as indirectly through independent contractors or distributors; and FLOR line of products through Internet sales and commercial sales force. The company has product showrooms or design studios in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, India, Australia, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, China, and others. Interface, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Interface is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.224% of Interface shares are held by insiders and 96.687% by institutions.

• How many people work for Interface?

  Latest data suggests 4,110 work at Interface.

• When does the fiscal year end for Interface?

  Interface's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Interface based?

  Interface's address is: 1280 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30309

• What is Interface's ISIN number?

  Interface's international securities identification number is: US4586653044

• What is Interface's CUSIP number?

  Interface's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 458665106