Element Fleet Management (EFN) Competitors

Element Fleet Management (TSE:EFN) and EnerCare (TSE:ECI) are both rental & leasing services industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Is EFN or ECI more profitable?

Element Fleet Management has a net margin of 16.46% compared to EnerCare's net margin of 0.00%. Element Fleet Management's return on equity of 11.33% beat EnerCare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Element Fleet Management	16.46%	11.33%	2.97%
EnerCare	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to EFN or ECI?

In the previous week, Element Fleet Management's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat EnerCare's score of 0.00 indicating that Element Fleet Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Element Fleet Management	Neutral
EnerCare	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EFN or ECI?

Element Fleet Management has higher revenue and earnings than EnerCare. EnerCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Fleet Management, 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
Element Fleet Management	C$1.49B	7.05	C$244.93M	C$1.20	30.40
EnerCare	C$1.31B	0.00	C$69.26M	C$0.65	N/A

Do analysts prefer EFN or ECI?

Element Fleet Management currently has a consensus price target of C$40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.20%. Given Element Fleet Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Element Fleet Management is more favorable than EnerCare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Element Fleet Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
EnerCare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EFN or ECI?

50.4% of Element Fleet Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Element Fleet Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EFN or ECI a better dividend stock?

Element Fleet Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. EnerCare pays an annual dividend of C$0.97 per share. Element Fleet Management pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnerCare pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Element Fleet Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Element Fleet Management beats EnerCare on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.