EBF vs. DLX, QUAD, EPAC, B, KMT, SXI, UFPT, OI, TNC, and NSSC
Should you be buying Ennis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ennis include Deluxe (DLX), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Barnes Group (B), Kennametal (KMT), Standex International (SXI), UFP Technologies (UFPT), O-I Glass (OI), Tennant (TNC), and Napco Security Technologies (NSSC).
Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) and Ennis (NYSE:EBF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Ennis had 2 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ennis and 3 mentions for Deluxe. Ennis' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Deluxe's score of 0.21 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Deluxe pays out 155.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ennis pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ennis has a net margin of 10.14% compared to Ennis' net margin of 1.57%. Ennis' return on equity of 21.33% beat Deluxe's return on equity.
Deluxe presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.38%. Given Ennis' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Ennis.
Deluxe has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ennis has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Ennis shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Deluxe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ennis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Deluxe received 115 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.16% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 66.58% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.
Ennis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Deluxe. Ennis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Deluxe beats Ennis on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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