EBF vs. ITRN, KRT, ACCO, DMRC, HDSN, EAF, MTW, IIIN, CIX, and ALTG
Should you be buying Ennis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ennis include Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Karat Packaging (KRT), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Digimarc (DMRC), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), Insteel Industries (IIIN), CompX International (CIX), and Alta Equipment Group (ALTG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) and Ennis (NYSE:EBF) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Ennis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Ennis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ituran Location and Control has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ennis. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ennis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ituran Location and Control pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ituran Location and Control pays out 65.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ennis pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ituran Location and Control has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ituran Location and Control is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% 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.
Ituran Location and Control received 85 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 63.51% of users gave Ituran Location and Control an outperform vote.
Ituran Location and Control currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.87%. Given Ennis' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Ennis.
Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Ituran Location and Control's net margin of 10.14%. Ennis' return on equity of 28.61% beat Ituran Location and Control's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ennis had 6 more articles in the media than Ituran Location and Control. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ennis and 1 mentions for Ituran Location and Control. Ennis' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Ituran Location and Control's score of -0.08 indicating that Ituran Location and Control is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Ennis on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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