EFX vs. SJ, QBR.A, NVEI, LIF, TIXT, CHR, FC, MAX, NEO, and PMTS
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Stella-Jones (SJ), Quebecor (QBR.A), Nuvei (NVEI), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), Neo Performance Materials (NEO), and CPI Card Group (PMTS). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Enerflex vs. Its Competitors
Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% 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.
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.
Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stella-Jones pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out -10.9% 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.
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.
In the previous week, Stella-Jones and Stella-Jones both had 4 articles in the media. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Enerflex's score of -0.23 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stella-Jones currently has a consensus price target of C$86.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.32%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$15.71, suggesting a potential upside of 42.54%. Given Enerflex's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Stella-Jones.
Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Stella-Jones beats Enerflex on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:EFX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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