FGI Industries (NASDAQ:FGI – Get Free Report) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares FGI Industries and Home Depot’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FGI Industries | -1.06% | 1.73% | 0.53% |
| Home Depot | 8.98% | 242.51% | 15.45% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for FGI Industries and Home Depot, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FGI Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Home Depot | 0 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2.79 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares FGI Industries and Home Depot”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FGI Industries | $131.82 million | 0.05 | -$1.20 million | ($0.15) | -4.52 |
| Home Depot | $159.51 billion | 2.32 | $14.81 billion | $14.74 | 25.26 |
Home Depot has higher revenue and earnings than FGI Industries. FGI Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Depot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
70.9% of Home Depot shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of FGI Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Home Depot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
FGI Industries has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Depot has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Home Depot beats FGI Industries on 13 of the 15 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 Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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