The price of shares in Interface, Inc. is close to a major medium term resistance level around 16.93 USD. A correction phase over the short term appears to be the logical outcome.
Summary
● In view of fundamental criteria, the company is among low performers as far as mid or long-term investment strategy is concerned.
Strengths
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● With a P/E ratio at 11.13 for the current year and 9.83 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
Weaknesses
● The stock is close to a major daily resistance at USD 16.93, which should be gotten rid of so as to gain new appreciation potential.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.
● The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
● For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
● Analysts covering the stock have recently lowered their earnings forecast.
Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company. The Company is specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT), vinyl sheets, and nora rubber flooring. Its segments include Americas (AMS) and Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia (EAAA). The AMS segment includes the United States, Canada and Latin America geographic areas. It markets modular carpet under the brand names Interface and FLOR. It produces carpet tiles in a range of colors, patterns, textures, pile heights and densities. These varieties are designed to meet both the practical and aesthetic needs of commercial interiors. The Company offers a category of products, namely modular resilient flooring, and its product include LVT. It offers rubber flooring products under the noraplan and norament brands, which include in its resilient flooring portfolio. The Company also produces and sells a specially adapted version of carpet tile for the healthcare facilities market.