Dorel Industries (DII.B) Competitors

E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Dorel Industries (TSE:DII.B) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.

Do analysts recommend ELF or DII.B?

Dorel Industries has a consensus target price of C$1.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Dorel Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dorel Industries is more favorable than E-L Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
E-L Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Dorel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ELF or DII.B?

E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorel Industries has a beta of 3.06, suggesting that its share price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ELF or DII.B more profitable?

E-L Financial has a net margin of 33.27% compared to Dorel Industries' net margin of -6.47%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 23.62% beat Dorel Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E-L Financial	33.27%	23.62%	4.52%
Dorel Industries	-6.47%	-48.11%	-1.10%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ELF or DII.B?

16.0% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Dorel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dorel Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ELF or DII.B a better dividend stock?

E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 102.8%. Dorel Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 53.3%. E-L Financial pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorel Industries pays out -20.4% 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ELF or DII.B?

E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Dorel Industries. Dorel Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E-L Financial, 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
E-L Financial	C$5.55B	0.01	C$1.84B	C$532.90	0.03
Dorel Industries	C$1.41B	0.03	-C$91.17M	-C$3.92	-0.38

Does the media prefer ELF or DII.B?

In the previous week, E-L Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Dorel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for E-L Financial and 0 mentions for Dorel Industries. E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Dorel Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
E-L Financial	Positive
Dorel Industries	Neutral

Summary

E-L Financial beats Dorel Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.