ELF vs. DII.B, AVP, DII.A, SGE, EL, MBC, CL, LEG, RAY, and SCL
Should you be buying E-L Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E-L Financial include Dorel Industries (DII.B), Avcorp Industries (AVP), Dorel Industries (DII.A), Strategem Capital (SGE), Engagement Labs (EL), 27557 (MBC.TO) (MBC), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Legacy Oil And Gas (LEG), Stingray Digitl (RAY), and Shawcor (SCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
E-L Financial vs. Its Competitors
Dorel Industries (TSE:DII.B) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Dorel Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 50.6%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 94.6%. Dorel Industries pays out -20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. E-L Financial pays out 2.8% 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.
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.
Dorel Industries has a beta of 3.06, indicating that its share price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, E-L Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Dorel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for E-L Financial and 0 mentions for Dorel Industries. Dorel Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat E-L Financial's score of -0.27 indicating that Dorel Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
49.4% of Dorel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dorel Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by 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.
Dorel Industries presently has a consensus target price of C$1.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.76%. Given Dorel Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dorel Industries is more favorable than E-L Financial.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Dorel Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ELF) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
