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C$23.70 +0.55 (+2.38%)
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WJX vs. ADEN, DBM, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, BDGI, WTE, and BDT

Should you be buying Wajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wajax include ADENTRA (ADEN), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), Finning International (FTT), Russel Metals (RUS), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs. Its Competitors

Wajax (TSE:WJX) and ADENTRA (TSE:ADEN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Wajax has a beta of 0.792947, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADENTRA has a beta of 1.32941, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ADENTRA had 2 more articles in the media than Wajax. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ADENTRA and 1 mentions for Wajax. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat ADENTRA's score of 0.00 indicating that Wajax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wajax
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ADENTRA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

15.2% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of ADENTRA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of ADENTRA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Wajax has a net margin of 2.55% compared to ADENTRA's net margin of 2.17%. Wajax's return on equity of 10.40% beat ADENTRA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wajax2.55% 10.40% 5.32%
ADENTRA 2.17%8.12%4.52%

Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ADENTRA pays an annual dividend of $0.4137 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Wajax pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ADENTRA pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Wajax presently has a consensus price target of C$23.38, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Wajax's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wajax is more favorable than ADENTRA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wajax
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
ADENTRA
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Wajax has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADENTRA. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADENTRA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WajaxC$2.15B0.24C$53.19MC$1.6314.54
ADENTRA$2.24B0.38$36.47M$1.7619.97

Summary

ADENTRA beats Wajax on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WJX vs. The Competition

MetricWajaxIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$515.38MC$4.15BC$7.80BC$9.44B
Dividend Yield6.05%4.56%4.57%6.50%
P/E Ratio14.54571.51307.8625.82
Price / Sales0.2456.75212.469.44
Price / Cash243.5860.3628.9183.29
Price / Book1.002.054.685.55
Net IncomeC$53.19MC$222.68MC$798.53MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.38%-0.12%1.30%0.64%
1 Month Performance2.20%-0.01%2.39%8.15%
1 Year Performance-5.20%1.98%26.68%36.85%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.5777 of 5 stars
C$23.70
+2.4%
C$23.38
-1.4%
-6.6%C$515.38MC$2.15B14.543,200
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$35.24
-1.3%
N/A-12.3%$860.17M$2.24B20.022,828News Coverage
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
2.1869 of 5 stars
C$9.71
-0.7%
C$10.19
+4.9%
+28.1%C$850.90MC$3.05B11.421,232News Coverage
RME
Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$142.50MC$767.30M21.088,160High Trading Volume
AAO
IntellaEquity
N/AC$0.01
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$2.56MC$3.08M-2.503,670Gap Up
TIH
Toromont Industries
1.845 of 5 stars
C$148.98
+0.8%
C$140.50
-5.7%
+16.5%C$12.10BC$5.11B25.217,000News Coverage
FTT
Finning International
2.2578 of 5 stars
C$58.78
+0.5%
C$59.44
+1.1%
N/AC$7.79BC$11.38B12.61147,000News Coverage
RUS
Russel Metals
3.3528 of 5 stars
C$41.34
+0.1%
C$52.20
+26.3%
+6.6%C$2.31BC$4.51B14.303,500News Coverage
BDGI
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
1.485 of 5 stars
C$59.13
+0.1%
C$58.50
-1.1%
+58.3%C$2.00BC$777.39M36.282,433News Coverage
WTE
Westshore Terminals Investment
1.3229 of 5 stars
C$25.70
+0.5%
C$30.00
+16.7%
+7.9%C$1.59BC$392.46M15.48423News Coverage
BDT
Bird Construction
3.703 of 5 stars
C$28.15
-2.1%
C$32.75
+16.3%
+23.3%C$1.56BC$3.40B15.645,000

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