Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) vs. Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) Head to Head Survey

Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) and Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Tecnoglass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Modine Manufacturing and Tecnoglass, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Modine Manufacturing	0	2	7	1	2.90
Tecnoglass	1	1	3	0	2.40

Modine Manufacturing presently has a consensus target price of $309.50, suggesting a potential upside of 70.23%. Tecnoglass has a consensus target price of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 68.48%. Given Modine Manufacturing’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Modine Manufacturing is more favorable than Tecnoglass.

Profitability

This table compares Modine Manufacturing and Tecnoglass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Modine Manufacturing	4.28%	25.59%	11.39%
Tecnoglass	12.35%	17.84%	10.14%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Modine Manufacturing and Tecnoglass”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Modine Manufacturing	$3.18 billion	3.04	$121.50 million	$2.66	68.35
Tecnoglass	$983.61 million	1.70	$159.57 million	$2.84	13.24

Tecnoglass has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Modine Manufacturing. Tecnoglass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modine Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Modine Manufacturing beats Tecnoglass on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Modine Manufacturing

Modine Manufacturing Company provides thermal management products and solutions in the United States, Italy, Hungary, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. The company offers heat transfer coils, including heat recovery and round tube plate fin coils; gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oilfired unit heaters; roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces; infrared units; perimeter heating products; single packaged unit ventilators; modular chillers; air handler and condensing units; ceiling cassettes; evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers; and motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers, and industrial heat exchangers. It also provides data center products consisting of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning and handler units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, as well as replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. In addition, the company offers powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; cooling module generator sets; aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, and chillers; battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles; and coatings products and application services. Modine Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.

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.