Ennis (EBF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ennis' stock was trading at $22.16 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, EBF stock has decreased by 4.0% and is now trading at $21.28.
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Ennis saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 532,200 shares, a decline of 12.5% from the April 15th total of 608,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 128,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, June 19th 2023.
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Ennis, Inc. (NYSE:EBF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, December, 20th. The industrial products company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $102.97 million during the quarter. Ennis had a net margin of 10.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.36%.

Ennis announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 17th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, May 8th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.70%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ennis (NYSE:EBF) stock in their portfolio include Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), Hartford Multifactor Small Cap ETF (ROSC), Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) and WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS).

Ennis (NYSE:EBF) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.90%. EBF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 54.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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16 employees have rated Ennis Chief Executive Officer Keith S. Walters on Glassdoor.com. Keith S. Walters has an approval rating of 44% among the company's employees. This puts Keith S. Walters in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ennis investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Dominion Energy (D), General Motors (GM) and International Business Machines (IBM).

Ennis trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EBF."

Ennis' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.15%), BlackRock Inc. (7.80%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (6.61%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (5.82%), Royce & Associates LP (5.50%) and State Street Corp (3.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Alejandro Quiroz, Barbara T Clemens, Daniel Gus and Vera Burnett.
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Shares of EBF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EBF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.28.

Ennis (NYSE:EBF) has a market capitalization of $550.09 million and generates $431.84 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $47.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,919 workers across the globe.

Ennis' mailing address is 2441 PRESIDENTIAL PARKWAY, MIDLOTHIAN TX, 76065. The official website for the company is www.ennis.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (972) 775-9801, via email at investor@ennis.com, or via fax at 800-645-8339.