Enerflex (EFX) Competitors

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones has higher revenue and earnings than Enerflex. Stella-Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerflex, 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
Stella-Jones	C$3.45B	1.28	C$321.05M	C$5.94	13.51
Enerflex	C$2.33B	0.84	-C$114.88M	C$1.04	15.10

Is SJ or EFX more profitable?

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -3.72%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 18.36% beat Enerflex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stella-Jones	9.43%	18.36%	9.38%
Enerflex	-3.72%	-8.76%	3.03%

Which has more risk and volatility, SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones has a beta of -0.067338, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 2.370734, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SJ or EFX a better dividend stock?

Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Stella-Jones pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out 9.5% 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.

Does the media favor SJ or EFX?

In the previous week, Stella-Jones and Stella-Jones both had 7 articles in the media. Enerflex's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Stella-Jones' score of 0.62 indicating that Enerflex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stella-Jones	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enerflex	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones presently has a consensus price target of C$90.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$17.47, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than Enerflex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stella-Jones	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Enerflex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SJ or EFX?

51.7% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Enerflex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Stella-Jones beats Enerflex on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.