Reviewing Tecnoglass (TGLS) and The Competition

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) is one of 93 publicly-traded companies in the “Building Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Tecnoglass to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Tecnoglass and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tecnoglass	0	2	3	0	2.60
Tecnoglass Competitors	745	3944	5074	241	2.48

Tecnoglass currently has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 33.89%. As a group, “Building Products” companies have a potential upside of 24.95%. Given Tecnoglass’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tecnoglass is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Tecnoglass pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Tecnoglass pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Building Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.0% and pay out 37.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tecnoglass has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Tecnoglass and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tecnoglass	9.57%	14.99%	8.21%
Tecnoglass Competitors	3.89%	-38.18%	5.03%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tecnoglass and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tecnoglass	$983.61 million	$159.57 million	20.21
Tecnoglass Competitors	$4.05 billion	$4.65 billion	39.25

Tecnoglass’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Tecnoglass. Tecnoglass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

About Tecnoglass

Tecnoglass Inc. manufactures architectural glass, windows and aluminum products for residential and commercial construction. Its offerings include insulated and laminated glass, impact-resistant windows, curtain wall systems, storefronts and other building-envelope products. Founded in 1984, the company is based in Barranquilla, Colombia, where it operates manufacturing facilities. Tecnoglass serves customers in the United States, Colombia and other markets in the Americas, with the U.S. as a major market.