Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS – Get Free Report) and Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Tecnoglass and Gibraltar Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tecnoglass | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Gibraltar Industries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
Tecnoglass presently has a consensus price target of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 82.43%. Given Tecnoglass’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tecnoglass is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Tecnoglass and Gibraltar Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tecnoglass | $1.05 billion | 1.47 | $159.57 million | $2.84 | 12.22 |
| Gibraltar Industries | $1.14 billion | 1.06 | -$44.39 million | ($5.04) | -8.05 |
Tecnoglass has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gibraltar Industries. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tecnoglass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Tecnoglass and Gibraltar Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tecnoglass | 12.35% | 17.84% | 10.14% |
| Gibraltar Industries | -10.43% | 11.23% | 4.91% |
Summary
Tecnoglass beats Gibraltar Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Gibraltar Industries
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. manufactures and provides products and services for the renewable energy, residential, agtech, and infrastructure markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Renewables, Residential, Agtech, and Infrastructure. The Renewables segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs solar racking and electrical balance of systems for commercial and distributed generation scale solar installations. The Residential segment offers roof and foundation ventilation products and accessories; mail and electronic package solutions, including single mailboxes, cluster style mail and parcel boxes for single and multi-family housing, and electronic package locker systems; roof edgings and flashings; soffits and trims; drywall corner beads; metal roofing and accessories; rain dispersion products comprising gutters and accessories; and exterior retractable awnings. This segment also provides electronic parcel lockers, pipe flashings, and remote-controlled deck awnings and valances for sun protection. The Agtech segment offers growing and processing solutions, including the designing, engineering, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and support of greenhouses; and indoor growing operations for retail, fruits and vegetables, flowers, cannabis, commercial, institutional and conservatories, and car wash structure applications. The Infrastructure segment offers expansion joints, structural bearings, rubber pre-formed seals and other sealants, elastomeric concrete, and bridge cable protection systems. It serves solar developers, home improvement retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and contractors, as well as institutional and commercial growers of fruit, vegetables, flowers, and plants. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.
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