Tecnoglass (TGLS) Competitors

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Tecnoglass (NASDAQ:TGLS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ANF or TGLS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abercrombie & Fitch	$4.47B	2.00	$328.12M	$8.04	21.79
Tecnoglass	$833.27M	2.57	$182.88M	$3.47	13.14

Which has more volatility and risk, ANF or TGLS?

Abercrombie & Fitch has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tecnoglass has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ANF or TGLS?

37.4% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Abercrombie & Fitch shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ANF or TGLS?

Abercrombie & Fitch presently has a consensus target price of $174.14, indicating a potential downside of 0.60%. Tecnoglass has a consensus target price of $53.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Given Abercrombie & Fitch's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tecnoglass is more favorable than Abercrombie & Fitch.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abercrombie & Fitch	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Tecnoglass	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media refer more to ANF or TGLS?

In the previous week, Abercrombie & Fitch had 19 more articles in the media than Tecnoglass. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Abercrombie & Fitch and 2 mentions for Tecnoglass. Abercrombie & Fitch's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Tecnoglass' score of 0.71 indicating that Tecnoglass is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abercrombie & Fitch	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tecnoglass	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ANF or TGLS a better dividend stock?

Abercrombie & Fitch pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Tecnoglass pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Abercrombie & Fitch pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tecnoglass pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tecnoglass has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Tecnoglass is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is ANF or TGLS more profitable?

Tecnoglass has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Tecnoglass' net margin of 9.53%. Tecnoglass' return on equity of 44.83% beat Abercrombie & Fitch's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abercrombie & Fitch	9.53%	44.83%	14.62%
Tecnoglass	19.97%	31.85%	17.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANF or TGLS?

Abercrombie & Fitch received 875 more outperform votes than Tecnoglass when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.43% of users gave Tecnoglass an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Abercrombie & Fitch an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abercrombie & Fitch	Outperform Votes 1208 59.65%	Underperform Votes 817 40.35%
Tecnoglass	Outperform Votes 333 63.43%	Underperform Votes 192 36.57%

Summary

Tecnoglass beats Abercrombie & Fitch on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.