Comparing Tredegar (TG) and Its Peers

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Tredegar to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Tredegar has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tredegar’s competitors have a beta of 0.98, suggesting that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Tredegar and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tredegar	0	1	0	0	2.00
Tredegar Competitors	6316	22419	32032	1761	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 13.59%. Given Tredegar’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tredegar has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Tredegar and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tredegar	4.26%	14.52%	8.07%
Tredegar Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.46%	-2.08%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tredegar and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tredegar	$722.86 million	$33.48 million	7.99
Tredegar Competitors	$169.65 billion	$267.82 million	-25.16

Tredegar’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Tredegar. Tredegar is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Tredegar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tredegar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tredegar competitors beat Tredegar on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Tredegar Company Profile

Tredegar Corporation manufactures and sells aluminum extrusions, polyethylene (PE) films, and plastic and polyester films in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Aluminum Extrusions, PE Films, and Flexible Packaging Films. The Aluminum Extrusions segment produces soft and medium strength alloyed aluminum extrusions, custom fabricated and finished aluminum extrusions for the building and construction, automotive and transportation, consumer durables, machinery and equipment, electrical and renewable energy, and distribution markets; and manufactures mill, anodized, and painted and alloyed aluminum extrusions to fabricators and distributors. The PE Films segment offers single- and multi-layer surface protection films for protecting components of flat panel and flexible displays that are used in televisions, monitors, notebooks, smart phones, tablets, e-readers, and digital signage under the UltraMask, ForceField, ForceField PEARL, Pearl A, and Obsidian brands. This segment provides polyethylene overwrap for bathroom tissue and paper towels, as well as polyethylene overwrap films and films for other markets. The Flexible Packaging Films segment offers polyester-based films for food packaging and industrial applications under the Ecophane and Sealphane brands. Tredegar Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.