Manufactures architectural glass, windows and aluminum products for high-rise and residential construction, mainly in the US and Latin America.
Manufactures architectural glass, windows and aluminum products for high-rise and residential construction, mainly in the US and Latin America.
Makes glass and aluminum products in Barranquilla, Colombia, and ships them mostly to the US, where hurricane-code windows for Florida buildings are the main business, for new construction and large projects. The founding Daes family owns a large part of the company.
Moat: narrow (scale, cost advantage, distribution). Vertically integrated Colombia-based manufacturing gives a cost advantage serving the US Sun Belt hurricane-code market.
Headquarters: Barranquilla, Colombia · Founded: 1984 · Employees: 9,601
Size Tecnoglass (TGLS) is a United States Industrials company (Building Products) with a market value of $1.95B, the 1811th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $43.94 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.4%, against -4.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.8%); the operating margin is 18.1% (peer median 9.2%).
Valuation It trades at 13.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (8th cheapest of 19).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.5 points above its cost of capital (10.7% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $884M at 30 Jun 2026, up 8% on a year earlier — 0.8 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Short interest Short interest is 5.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.05B | $984M | $890M | $833M | $717M |
| Revenue growth | — | +10% | +7% | +16% | — |
| Gross profit | $407M | $414M | $375M | $387M | $346M |
| EBITDA | $232M | $258M | $251M | $284M | $247M |
| Net income | $130M | $160M | $161M | $183M | $156M |
| Free cash flow | -$6.62M | $43.4M | $93.7M | $63.1M | $70.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $91.0M | $101M | $79.6M | $78.0M | $71.3M |
| Total debt | $225M | $172M | $109M | $170M | $169M |
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| Measure | TGLS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +16.1% | -2.5% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +10.4% | -4.1% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -20.3% | -25.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.9% | +2.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 9.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.8× | 15.1× | 8th cheapest of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.5 pp | +2.7 pp | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.0× | 9.6× | 5th cheapest of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6× | 0.4× | 7th least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecnoglass TGLS | United States | $1.95B | +10% | +10% | 18% | 13.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Kajaria Ceramics KAJARIACER.NS | India | $1.96B | +7% | +14% | 16% | 26.1× | 26.2% | +11.7% |
| Jangho 601886.SS | China | $2.01B | +26% | +14% | 5% | 15.0× | -0.1% | +3.9% |
| Hyundai Elevator 017800.KS | South Korea | $1.79B | -31% | -9% | 9% | 9.4× | -5.5% | +6.3% |
| Interface TILE | United States | $1.78B | +4% | +7% | 12% | 14.5× | 11.4% | +4.7% |
| Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 002545.SZ | China | $2.25B | -50% | +23% | 32% | 8.5× | -10.2% | +13.0% |
| Reliance Worldwide RWC.AX | Australia | $2.33B | +47% | -5% | 12% | 16.3× | 9.9% | +7.5% |
| Shanghai Mechanical & Electrical Industry 600835.SS | China | $2.34B | -27% | -2% | 2% | 22.5× | 0.6% | -3.8% |
| Century Plyboards (India) CENTURYPLY.NS | India | $1.50B | -20% | +26% | 10% | 34.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries 603992.SS | China | $1.38B | -35% | +18% | 8% | 29.9× | 13.5% | +5.2% |
| Preformed Line Products PLPC | United States | $1.28B | -24% | +16% | 10% | 18.8× | 10.2% | +7.5% |
| Rinnai 5947.T | Japan | $3.07B | -3% | +4% | 10% | 13.3× | -9.5% | +6.4% |
| Takara standard 7981.T | Japan | $1.20B | +2% | +2% | 7% | n/a | -5.5% | +5.7% |
| STO Express 002468.SZ | China | $3.40B | -8% | +26% | 5% | 10.2× | -12.5% | +20.8% |
| Nichias 5393.T | Japan | $3.52B | -5% | +3% | 15% | 15.2× | 7.1% | +5.1% |
| Solareast 603366.SS | China | $1.07B | +8% | 0% | -2% | n/a | 39.8% | +2.9% |
| Suzhou Huaya Intelligence Technology 003043.SZ | China | $990M | -20% | +2% | 11% | 78.3× | 27.6% | +22.3% |
| Zehnder ZEHN.SW | Switzerland | $983M | +10% | +2% | 8% | 17.5× | 2.5% | +1.5% |
| Apogee Enterprises APOG | United States | $956M | +25% | +3% | 9% | 13.6× | -0.3% | +2.7% |
| Guangzhou Guangri Stock 600894.SS | China | $956M | -20% | +2% | 0% | 9.6× | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| Quanex Building Products NX | United States | $949M | +2% | +1% | 6% | 10.7× | 6.0% | +16.6% |
Tecnoglass reported $884M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Jun 2026, up 8% from a year earlier and up 1% from the previous quarter. That is 0.8 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.02.