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Wajax (WJX) Competitors

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C$24.02 -0.03 (-0.12%)
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WJX vs. DBM, ADEN, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, BDGI, WTE, and CJT

Should you be buying Wajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wajax include Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), ADENTRA (ADEN), 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 Cargojet (CJT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs. Its Competitors

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

Wajax has a net margin of 2.55% compared to Doman Building Materials Group's net margin of 2.27%. Wajax's return on equity of 10.40% beat Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Doman Building Materials Group2.27% 9.41% 4.52%
Wajax 2.55%10.40%5.32%

Doman Building Materials Group currently has a consensus price target of C$10.19, indicating a potential upside of 2.59%. Wajax has a consensus price target of C$23.38, indicating a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Doman Building Materials Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Wajax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Doman Building Materials Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Wajax
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

4.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Doman Building Materials Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wajax. Doman Building Materials Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wajax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Doman Building Materials GroupC$3.05B0.29C$56.55MC$0.8511.68
WajaxC$2.15B0.24C$53.19MC$1.6314.74

In the previous week, Doman Building Materials Group and Doman Building Materials Group both had 1 articles in the media. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Wajax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Doman Building Materials Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wajax
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.358405, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wajax has a beta of 0.792947, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Doman Building Materials Group beats Wajax on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WJX vs. The Competition

MetricWajaxIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$522.34MC$4.22BC$7.66BC$9.37B
Dividend Yield5.82%4.52%4.56%6.53%
P/E Ratio14.74575.11312.7925.65
Price / Sales0.2456.95216.009.34
Price / Cash243.5860.3628.4883.29
Price / Book1.012.074.475.41
Net IncomeC$53.19MC$222.68MC$798.54MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.92%0.24%0.31%1.96%
1 Month Performance0.46%1.85%1.10%8.01%
1 Year Performance-1.40%4.74%29.56%39.29%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.3808 of 5 stars
C$24.02
-0.1%
C$23.38
-2.7%
-2.5%C$522.34MC$2.15B14.743,200
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
1.3659 of 5 stars
C$9.74
-0.2%
C$10.19
+4.6%
+39.0%C$853.53MC$3.05B11.461,232Gap Down
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$34.84
+1.4%
N/A-11.2%$850.41M$2.24B19.802,828
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
2.064 of 5 stars
C$142.61
-0.7%
C$140.50
-1.5%
+18.4%C$11.58BC$5.11B24.137,000Dividend Announcement
FTT
Finning International
2.8002 of 5 stars
C$57.30
+0.6%
C$59.44
+3.7%
+51.7%C$7.60BC$11.38B12.30147,000
RUS
Russel Metals
3.5214 of 5 stars
C$41.55
-0.1%
C$52.20
+25.6%
+14.7%C$2.33BC$4.51B14.383,500
BDGI
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
1.7992 of 5 stars
C$56.31
-2.3%
C$56.20
-0.2%
+58.1%C$1.90BC$777.39M34.552,433Analyst Forecast
WTE
Westshore Terminals Investment
1.0738 of 5 stars
C$25.53
-0.8%
C$30.00
+17.5%
N/AC$1.58BC$392.46M15.38423Positive News
CJT
Cargojet
3.689 of 5 stars
C$100.53
-0.3%
C$148.00
+47.2%
-22.4%C$1.52BC$1.03B11.151,838Analyst Forecast

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