Tecnoglass (TGLS) Competitors

CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Tecnoglass (NASDAQ:TGLS) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is CX or TGLS a better dividend stock?

CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Tecnoglass pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CEMEX pays out 12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tecnoglass pays out 17.5% 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. CEMEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CX or TGLS?

CEMEX has higher revenue and earnings than Tecnoglass. CEMEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tecnoglass, 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
CEMEX	$16.20B	0.56	$938.81M	$0.63	10.00
Tecnoglass	$890.18M	3.90	$182.88M	$3.43	21.52

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CX or TGLS?

83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tecnoglass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CX or TGLS?

CEMEX presently has a consensus price target of $7.82, indicating a potential upside of 24.07%. Tecnoglass has a consensus price target of $77.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given CEMEX's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Tecnoglass.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEMEX	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Tecnoglass	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer CX or TGLS?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 5 more articles in the media than Tecnoglass. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CEMEX and 2 mentions for Tecnoglass. Tecnoglass' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat CEMEX's score of 0.53 indicating that Tecnoglass is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEMEX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tecnoglass	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CX or TGLS?

CEMEX has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tecnoglass has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CX or TGLS?

CEMEX received 207 more outperform votes than Tecnoglass when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave Tecnoglass an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEMEX	Outperform Votes 547 63.90%	Underperform Votes 309 36.10%
Tecnoglass	Outperform Votes 340 62.96%	Underperform Votes 200 37.04%

Is CX or TGLS more profitable?

Tecnoglass has a net margin of 17.82% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 5.70%. Tecnoglass' return on equity of 27.71% beat CEMEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEMEX	5.70%	7.78%	3.41%
Tecnoglass	17.82%	27.71%	16.49%

Summary

CEMEX beats Tecnoglass on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.