Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. (TGLS) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $1.5B — 2.0× the size. Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.5× against 23.8×. Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.87% against 7.00%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.7% vs 12.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.9% vs 12.9%). Both pay a dividend; Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. yields more (0.74% vs 0.31%). Across the 22 metrics below, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. leads on 12 and Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
P/E 12.54 23.75 17.22
P/S 1.50 8.48 1.54
P/B 2.00 4.59 2.26
Price to free cash flow n/m 34.69 30.28
EV/EBITDA 7.37 15.20 9.38
EV/Sales 1.64 7.45 1.85
Earnings yield 7.98% 4.21% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield (0.56%) 2.88% 3.08%

Profitability

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 39.56% 48.51% 27.27%
Operating margin 18.26% 42.11% 13.85%
Net margin 12.36% 35.66% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin (0.85%) 24.44% 8.06%
Return on equity 17.02% 21.35% 9.62%
Return on assets 9.94% 19.84% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 12.88% 33.85% 6.03%

Growth

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.87% 7.00% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (0.29%) 23.22% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 21.17% 18.32% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.22% 36.61% 7.04%

Health

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.00 0.51
Current ratio 1.86 27.54 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 0.25 (2.03) 1.48

Dividend

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield 0.74% 0.31% 0.74%
Payout ratio 0.08 0.07 0.08

Size

Metric TGLS USLM Building Materials median
Market cap 1.54b 3.14b 2.76b

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