Ennis (EBF) Competitors

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 earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, DLX or EBF?

Deluxe has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ennis has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DLX or EBF?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DLX or EBF?

Deluxe has higher revenue and earnings than Ennis. Ennis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, 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
Deluxe	$2.12B	0.32	$52.80M	$1.25	12.24
Ennis	$394.62M	1.24	$42.60M	$1.55	12.14

Does the media favor DLX or EBF?

In the previous week, Deluxe had 1 more articles in the media than Ennis. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Deluxe and 4 mentions for Ennis. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Ennis' score of 0.36 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deluxe	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ennis	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DLX or EBF a better dividend stock?

Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Ennis pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLX or EBF?

Deluxe received 117 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.92% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 67.63% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deluxe	Outperform Votes 282 67.63%	Underperform Votes 135 32.37%
Ennis	Outperform Votes 165 69.92%	Underperform Votes 71 30.08%

Is DLX or EBF 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
Deluxe	2.49%	21.33%	4.84%
Ennis	10.35%	12.16%	10.61%

Do analysts recommend DLX or EBF?

Deluxe currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.33%. Given Deluxe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Ennis.

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

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.