FGI Industries (NASDAQ:FGI – Get Free Report) and Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for FGI Industries and Trane Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FGI Industries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Trane Technologies | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2.80 |
FGI Industries currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.13%. Trane Technologies has a consensus target price of $521.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given FGI Industries’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe FGI Industries is more favorable than Trane Technologies.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FGI Industries | $130.53 million | 0.15 | -$6.14 million | ($3.37) | -2.96 |
| Trane Technologies | $22.21 billion | 4.75 | $2.92 billion | $13.20 | 36.35 |
Trane Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than FGI Industries. FGI Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trane Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
FGI Industries has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trane Technologies has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares FGI Industries and Trane Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| FGI Industries | -3.07% | 9.85% | 2.26% |
| Trane Technologies | 13.28% | 35.72% | 13.65% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
83.0% of Trane Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of FGI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Trane Technologies beats FGI Industries on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About FGI Industries
FGI Industries ltd. supplies kitchen and bath products in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company sells sanitaryware products, such as toilets, sinks, pedestals, and toilet seats; wood and wood-substitute furniture for bathrooms, including vanities, mirrors, laundry, medicine cabinets, and other storage systems; shower systems; and customer kitchen cabinetry and other accessory items under the Foremost, avenue, contrac, Jetcoat, rosenberg, and Covered Bridge Cabinetry brand names. It sells its products through home center retailers, online retailers, distributors, and independent dealers. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. FGI Industries Ltd. is a subsidiary of Foremost Groups Ltd.
About Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies plc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sells, and services of solutions for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, custom, and custom and transport refrigeration in Ireland and internationally. It offers air conditioners, exchangers, and handlers; airside and terminal devices; air sourced heat pumps, auxiliary power units; chillers; coils and condensers; gensets; dehumidifiers; ductless; furnaces; home automation products; humidifiers; indoor air quality assessments and related products; large and light commercial unitary products; refrigerant reclamation products; thermostats/controls; transport heater products; variable refrigerant flow products; and water source heat pumps. The company also provides building management, telematic, control, energy efficiency and infrastructure program, geothermal, thermal energy, thermostats, rate chambers, package heating and cooling, temporary heating and cooling, and unitary systems; bus, rail, and multi-pipe heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; and container, diesel-powered, truck, industrial, rail, self-powered truck, trailer, and vehicle-powered truck refrigeration and air filtration systems, as well as aftermarket and OEM parts and supplies. In addition, it offers energy and facility management, installation and performance contracting, repair and maintenance, and rental services. It markets and sells its products under the Trane and Thermo King brands through sales offices, distributors, and dealers; and through sales and service companies with a supporting chain of distributors. The company was formerly known as Ingersoll-Rand Plc and changed its name to Trane Technologies plc in March 2020. Trane Technologies plc was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Swords, Ireland.
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