EAGLE MATERIALS INC. vs TECNOGLASS INC., two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EXP and TGLS diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), EXP reads -3.3% and TGLS reads +1.7%; on ev/ebitda, EXP reads 199.0 and TGLS reads 9.7. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EXP price has a different growth bar priced in than TGLS (-3.3% implied for EXP vs +1.7% for TGLS); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What EXP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What TGLS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EXP | TGLS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $205.92 | $46.43 |
| Market cap | $6.6B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.3% | +1.7% |
| P/E | 15.7 | 14.4 |
| P/B | 4.47 | 2.82 |
| P/S | 2.85 | 2.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 199.0 | 9.7 |
| Revenue growth | +2.1% | +10.0% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 38.5% |
| Operating margin | — | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 14.8% |
| Return on equity | 28.7% | 20.3% |
| Return on assets | 11.0% | 11.0% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 16.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 0.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.22 | 0.28 |
| Current ratio | 3.66 | 1.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.03 | 3.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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