Deluxe (DLX) Competitors

Ennis (NYSE:EBF) and Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EBF or DLX?

Deluxe received 116 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 67.55% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ennis	Outperform Votes 165 69.92%	Underperform Votes 71 30.08%
Deluxe	Outperform Votes 281 67.55%	Underperform Votes 135 32.45%

Is EBF or DLX a better dividend stock?

Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Ennis pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deluxe pays out 96.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor EBF or DLX?

In the previous week, Ennis had 4 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ennis and 6 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ennis' score of 0.17 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ennis	1 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Deluxe	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EBF or DLX?

74.3% of Ennis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Ennis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Deluxe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EBF or DLX?

Deluxe has higher revenue and earnings than Ennis. Deluxe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ennis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ennis	$394.62M	1.25	$42.60M	$1.55	12.20
Deluxe	$2.12B	0.30	$52.80M	$1.25	11.43

Which has more risk and volatility, EBF or DLX?

Ennis has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EBF or DLX?

Deluxe has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.00%. Given Deluxe's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Ennis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ennis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Deluxe	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is EBF or DLX more profitable?

Ennis has a net margin of 10.35% compared to Deluxe's net margin of 2.49%. Deluxe's return on equity of 21.33% beat Ennis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ennis	10.35%	12.16%	10.61%
Deluxe	2.49%	21.33%	4.84%

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.