NEO vs. EFX, TIXT, CHR, FC, MAX, PMTS, TGL, BRAG, NYX, and TC
Should you be buying Neo Performance Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neo Performance Materials include Enerflex (EFX), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), CPI Card Group (PMTS), TransGlobe Energy (TGL), Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (BRAG.V) (BRAG), NYX Gaming Group (NYX), and Tucows (TC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Neo Performance Materials vs. Its Competitors
Neo Performance Materials (TSE:NEO) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Neo Performance Materials has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Neo Performance Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enerflex. Neo Performance Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 2 more articles in the media than Neo Performance Materials. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enerflex and 3 mentions for Neo Performance Materials. Neo Performance Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Enerflex's score of 0.13 indicating that Neo Performance Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.5% of Neo Performance Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Neo Performance Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Neo Performance Materials has a net margin of -0.48% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -3.72%. Neo Performance Materials' return on equity of -0.53% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
Neo Performance Materials pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Neo Performance Materials pays out -525.3% 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. Neo Performance Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Neo Performance Materials currently has a consensus price target of C$14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.02%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$15.71, suggesting a potential upside of 42.80%. Given Enerflex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Neo Performance Materials.
Summary
Neo Performance Materials beats Enerflex on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NEO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
