EFX vs. SJ, NVEI, LIF, TIXT, NEO, CHR, FC, MAX, PMTS, and TGL
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Neo Performance Materials (NEO), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), CPI Card Group (PMTS), and TransGlobe Energy (TGL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Enerflex vs. Its Competitors
Enerflex (TSE:EFX) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones had 3 more articles in the media than Enerflex. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stella-Jones and 0 mentions for Enerflex. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Enerflex's score of 0.75 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stella-Jones has higher revenue and earnings than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerflex currently has a consensus target price of C$16.88, indicating a potential upside of 23.81%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$84.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Given Enerflex's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Enerflex pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 19.9% 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 a beta of 2.173645, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.007137, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
38.3% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Enerflex on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:EFX) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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