E-L Financial (ELF) Competitors

Dorel Industries (TSE:DII.B) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate DII.B or ELF?

Dorel Industries currently has a consensus target price of C$1.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Dorel Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dorel Industries is more favorable than E-L Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorel Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
E-L Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DII.B or ELF a better dividend stock?

Dorel Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 62.5%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 102.4%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DII.B or ELF?

49.4% of Dorel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dorel Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DII.B or ELF more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorel Industries	-6.47%	-48.11%	-1.10%
E-L Financial	33.27%	23.62%	4.52%

Does the media favor DII.B or ELF?

In the previous week, Dorel Industries and Dorel Industries both had 6 articles in the media. E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Dorel Industries' score of -0.49 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorel Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
E-L Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DII.B or ELF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorel Industries	C$1.41B	0.03	-C$91.17M	-C$3.92	-0.33
E-L Financial	C$5.55B	0.01	C$1.84B	C$532.90	0.03

Which has more volatility and risk, DII.B or ELF?

Dorel Industries has a beta of 3.06, suggesting that its stock price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

E-L Financial beats Dorel Industries on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.