EFXT vs. WFRD, WHD, ATS, HAYW, HSAI, EPAC, SEI, DNOW, FLOC, and PSIX
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), ATS (ATS), Hayward (HAYW), Hesai Group (HSAI), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), DNOW (DNOW), Flowco (FLOC), and Power Solutions International (PSIX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerflex vs. Its Competitors
Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) and Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 8.79% compared to Enerflex's net margin of 3.18%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 35.88% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
Enerflex presently has a consensus price target of $10.63, indicating a potential upside of 31.01%. Weatherford International has a consensus price target of $96.63, indicating a potential upside of 78.36%. Given Weatherford International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than Enerflex.
Weatherford International has higher revenue and earnings than Enerflex. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Weatherford International pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Enerflex pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weatherford International pays out 16.0% 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. Enerflex has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Weatherford International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
46.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Weatherford International 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.
Enerflex has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weatherford International has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 2 more articles in the media than Weatherford International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Enerflex and 2 mentions for Weatherford International. Weatherford International's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Enerflex's score of 0.29 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Weatherford International beats Enerflex on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EFXT) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
