O-I Glass (NYSE:OI – Get Free Report) and TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
97.2% of O-I Glass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of TriMas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of O-I Glass shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of TriMas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares O-I Glass and TriMas”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| O-I Glass | $6.43 billion | 0.16 | -$129.00 million | ($7.52) | -0.88 |
| TriMas | $1.04 billion | 1.32 | $120.14 million | $24.03 | 1.59 |
TriMas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than O-I Glass. O-I Glass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriMas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
O-I Glass has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriMas has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for O-I Glass and TriMas, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| O-I Glass | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.22 |
| TriMas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
O-I Glass currently has a consensus price target of $10.31, suggesting a potential upside of 55.19%. TriMas has a consensus price target of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Given O-I Glass’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe O-I Glass is more favorable than TriMas.
Profitability
This table compares O-I Glass and TriMas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| O-I Glass | -18.13% | 10.40% | 1.43% |
| TriMas | 104.22% | 6.41% | 3.71% |
Summary
TriMas beats O-I Glass on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About O-I Glass
O-I Glass, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of glass containers to food and beverage manufacturers primarily in the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The company produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits, and wine. It is also involved in the production of glass packaging for various food items, soft drinks, tea, juices, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the company offers glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes, and colors. It sells its products directly to customers under annual or multi-year supply agreements, as well as through distributors. O-I Glass, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is based in Perrysburg, Ohio.
About TriMas
TriMas Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of products for consumer products, aerospace, and industrial markets worldwide. The company operates through Packaging, Aerospace, and Specialty Products segments. The Packaging segment offers dispensing products, such as foaming and sanitizer pumps, lotion and hand soap pumps, beverage dispensers, perfume sprayers, and nasal and trigger sprayers; polymeric and steel caps and closures comprising food lids, flip-top and beverage closures, child resistance caps, drum and pail closures, and flexible spouts; polymeric jar products; integrated dispensers; bag-in-box products; and consumable vascular delivery and diagnostic test components under the Rieke, Taplast, Affaba & Ferrari, Intertech, Omega, and Rapak brands. The Aerospace segment provides fasteners, collars, blind bolts, rivets, ducting, and connectors for air management systems, and other highly-machined parts and components to original equipment manufacturers, supply chain distributors, and tier one suppliers, as well as maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)/aftermarket providers; and military and defense aerospace applications and platforms under the Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Allfast Fastening Systems, Mac Fasteners, TFI Aerospace, RSA Engineered Products, and Martinic Engineering brands. The Specialty Products segment offers steel cylinders for use in the transportation, storage, and dispensing of compressed gases under the Norris Cylinder brand; natural gas powered wellhead engines, compressors, and replacement parts for oil and natural gas production, and other industrial and commercial markets under the Arrow brand; and spare parts for various industrial engines. It sells its products through a direct sales force, third-party agents, and distributors. TriMas Corporation was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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