FGI Industries (NASDAQ:FGI – Get Free Report) and Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares FGI Industries and Tecnoglass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FGI Industries | -3.07% | 10.02% | 2.28% |
| Tecnoglass | 12.35% | 17.84% | 10.14% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of FGI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FGI Industries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Tecnoglass | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 |
FGI Industries presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.07%. Tecnoglass has a consensus price target of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 72.32%. Given FGI Industries’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FGI Industries is more favorable than Tecnoglass.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares FGI Industries and Tecnoglass”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FGI Industries | $130.53 million | 0.11 | -$6.14 million | ($2.08) | -3.43 |
| Tecnoglass | $983.61 million | 1.66 | $159.57 million | $2.84 | 12.94 |
Tecnoglass has higher revenue and earnings than FGI Industries. FGI Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tecnoglass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tecnoglass beats FGI Industries on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About FGI Industries
FGI Industries ltd. supplies kitchen and bath products in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company sells sanitaryware products, such as toilets, sinks, pedestals, and toilet seats; wood and wood-substitute furniture for bathrooms, including vanities, mirrors, laundry, medicine cabinets, and other storage systems; shower systems; and customer kitchen cabinetry and other accessory items under the Foremost, avenue, contrac, Jetcoat, rosenberg, and Covered Bridge Cabinetry brand names. It sells its products through home center retailers, online retailers, distributors, and independent dealers. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. FGI Industries Ltd. is a subsidiary of Foremost Groups Ltd.
About Tecnoglass
Tecnoglass Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, produces, markets, and installs architectural systems for the commercial and residential construction industries in Colombia, the United States, Panama, and internationally. The company offers low emissivity, laminated/thermo-laminated, thermo-acoustic, tempered, silk-screened, curved, and digital print glass products. It also provides aluminum products, including bars, plates, profiles, rods, and tubes that are used in the manufacture of architectural glass settings, such as windows, doors, spatial separators, and related products. In addition, the company offers curtain wall/floating facades, windows and doors, interior dividers and commercial display windows, hurricane-proof windows, and stick facade systems; and other products comprising awnings, structures, automatic doors, and other components of architectural systems. It markets and sells its products primarily under the Tecnoglass, ESWindows, and Alutions brands through internal and independent sales representatives, as wells as directly to distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia. Tecnoglass Inc. is a subsidiary of Energy Holding Corporation.
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