Financial Contrast: Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) and Hayward (NYSE:HAYW)

Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) and Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hayward	14.35%	11.95%	6.11%
Tecnoglass	9.57%	15.35%	8.47%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Hayward shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Tecnoglass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hayward 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
Hayward	$1.12 billion	3.02	$151.57 million	$0.78	20.82
Tecnoglass	$983.61 million	1.98	$159.57 million	$2.34	18.77

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Hayward and Tecnoglass, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hayward	1	6	2	0	2.11
Tecnoglass	0	2	3	0	2.60

Hayward presently has a consensus price target of $17.12, suggesting a potential upside of 5.47%. Tecnoglass has a consensus price target of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 44.22%. Given Tecnoglass’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tecnoglass is more favorable than Hayward.

Summary

Tecnoglass beats Hayward on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hayward

Hayward Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers pool equipment, including pumps, filters, robotics, suction and pressure cleaners, gas heaters and heat pumps, water features and landscape lighting, water sanitizers, salt chlorine generators, safety equipment, and in-floor automated cleaning systems, as well as LED illumination solutions. It sells its products through specialty distributors, retailers, and buying groups. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.