Reviewing TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC) and JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE)

JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) and TPI Composites (NASDAQ:TPIC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of TPI Composites shares are held by institutional investors. 64.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of TPI Composites shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

JE Cleantech has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPI Composites has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares JE Cleantech and TPI Composites’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JE Cleantech	N/A	N/A	N/A
TPI Composites	-16.57%	N/A	-24.92%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for JE Cleantech and TPI Composites, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JE Cleantech	0	0	0	0	0.00
TPI Composites	2	5	1	1	2.11

TPI Composites has a consensus target price of $2.01, indicating a potential upside of 118.23%. Given TPI Composites’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TPI Composites is more favorable than JE Cleantech.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares JE Cleantech and TPI Composites”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JE Cleantech	$19.28 million	0.30	$30,000.00	N/A	N/A
TPI Composites	$1.33 billion	0.03	-$240.71 million	($4.78)	-0.19

JE Cleantech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TPI Composites.

Summary

TPI Composites beats JE Cleantech on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JE Cleantech

JE Cleantech Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cleaning systems for various industrial end-use applications in Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally. It provides various cleaning systems and other equipment, including aqueous washing systems, plating and cleaning systems, train cleaning systems, and filtration units, as well as equipment parts and components. The company also offers centralized dishwashing services for food and beverage establishments, such as food courts, hawker centers, restaurants, cookhouses, eldercare homes, and inflight catering service provider, as well as general cleaning services for food courts and hawker centers. In addition, it leases dishware washing equipment. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. JE Cleantech Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of JE Cleantech Global Limited.

About TPI Composites

TPI Composites, Inc. manufactures and sells composite wind blades, and related precision molding and assembly systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the United States, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India. It also provides composite solutions for the automotive industry; and field service inspection and repair services comprising diagnostic, repair, and maintenance services for wind blades to OEM customers, and wind farm owners and operators. The company was formerly known as LCSI Holding, Inc. and changed its name to TPI Composites, Inc. in 2008. TPI Composites, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.