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
E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Dorel Industries (TSE:DII.B) are both small-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 100.7%. Dorel Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 53.3%. E-L Financial pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorel Industries pays out -20.4% 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 a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorel Industries has a beta of 3.06, meaning that its share price is 206% more 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.
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.
16.0% of E-L Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Dorel Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dorel Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Dorel Industries'average media sentiment score.
Dorel Industries has a consensus price target of C$1.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Dorel Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dorel Industries is more favorable than E-L Financial.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Dorel Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ELF) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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