TGLS vs. PSMT, TRIP, EAT, KSS, ARHS, HGTY, ARCO, FL, ACVA, and PLAY
Should you be buying Tecnoglass stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tecnoglass include PriceSmart (PSMT), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Brinker International (EAT), Kohl's (KSS), Arhaus (ARHS), Hagerty (HGTY), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Foot Locker (FL), ACV Auctions (ACVA), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PriceSmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) and Tecnoglass (NASDAQ:TGLS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Tecnoglass has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Tecnoglass' net margin of 2.62%. PriceSmart's return on equity of 31.85% beat Tecnoglass' return on equity.
Tecnoglass has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PriceSmart. Tecnoglass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PriceSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PriceSmart pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Tecnoglass pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. PriceSmart pays out 29.1% 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. PriceSmart has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Tecnoglass has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Tecnoglass received 24 more outperform votes than PriceSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave PriceSmart an outperform vote while only 63.43% of users gave Tecnoglass an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PriceSmart had 2 more articles in the media than Tecnoglass. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PriceSmart and 3 mentions for Tecnoglass. PriceSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Tecnoglass' score of 1.55 indicating that Tecnoglass is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PriceSmart has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tecnoglass has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.5% of PriceSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of PriceSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PriceSmart presently has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.93%. Tecnoglass has a consensus price target of $53.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.75%. Given Tecnoglass' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PriceSmart is more favorable than Tecnoglass.
Summary
Tecnoglass beats PriceSmart on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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