Reviewing FGI Industries (NASDAQ:FGI) & Assa Abloy (OTCMKTS:ASAZY)

FGI Industries (NASDAQ:FGI) and Assa Abloy (OTCMKTS:ASAZY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares FGI Industries and Assa Abloy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FGI Industries	-3.07%	10.02%	2.28%
Assa Abloy	10.82%	15.56%	7.59%

Risk and Volatility

FGI Industries has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assa Abloy has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FGI Industries and Assa Abloy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FGI Industries	$130.53 million	0.12	-$6.14 million	($2.08)	-3.81
Assa Abloy	$15.58 billion	2.51	$1.50 billion	$0.79	22.22

Assa Abloy has higher revenue and earnings than FGI Industries. FGI Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assa Abloy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for FGI Industries and Assa Abloy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FGI Industries	1	1	1	0	2.00
Assa Abloy	0	3	4	1	2.75

FGI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.12%. Given FGI Industries’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe FGI Industries is more favorable than Assa Abloy.

Summary

Assa Abloy beats FGI Industries on 11 of the 13 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 Assa Abloy

ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) provides door opening and access products, solutions, and services for the institutional, commercial, and residential markets in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Oceania. The company provides digital access solutions, such as electronic access control ecosystem, wireless solutions, electronic key solutions, standalone access solutions, and wired solutions; swing, revolving, and sliding doors; mechanical products, including hinges, lever handles, mortise lockcases, euro profile cylinders, panic exit devices, door closers, floor spring, and general hardware; and doors. It offers Openings Studio, a building information modeling software ecosystem is collaboration tool for designing, documenting, and managing openings. The company provides its products primarily under the ASSA ABLOY, Yale, and HID brands. It sells its products through distributors and wholesalers. The company serves aviation, education, distribution and logistics, entertainment and public facility, finance and banking, government and military, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, office and enterprise, homes and residence, retail, shipyards, and transportation industries. ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.