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Wajax (WJX) Competitors

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C$23.30 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WJX vs. DBM, ADEN, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, BBD.A, 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), Bombardier (BBD.A), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wajax has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 86.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wajax pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

4.4% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

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 target price of C$10.13, indicating a potential upside of 15.32%. Wajax has a consensus target price of C$23.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. 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

Doman Building Materials Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wajax. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Doman Building Materials Group, 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$2.49B0.31C$56.55MC$0.6513.57
WajaxC$2.09B0.24C$53.19MC$2.449.55

In the previous week, Doman Building Materials Group had 8 more articles in the media than Wajax. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group and 4 mentions for Wajax. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of 0.69 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Wajax
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Doman Building Materials Group beats Wajax on 11 of the 19 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$509.21MC$4.55BC$7.88BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield6.94%4.76%4.55%6.72%
P/E Ratio9.5517.9825.5675.38
Price / Sales0.2460.49101.391,359.95
Price / Cash243.5860.3627.9283.29
Price / Book0.982.054.464.89
Net IncomeC$53.19MC$222.68MC$795.63MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.09%0.43%1.40%1.20%
1 Month Performance3.37%3.53%5.65%4.81%
1 Year Performance-12.83%1.27%31.94%26.10%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.6687 of 5 stars
C$23.30
flat
C$23.13
-0.8%
-11.4%C$509.21MC$2.09B9.553,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
2.2794 of 5 stars
C$8.68
+0.3%
C$10.13
+16.6%
+26.3%C$758.63MC$2.49B13.421,232News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$30.96
-0.6%
N/A-24.5%$546.64M$1.68B10.562,828
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
2.2712 of 5 stars
C$129.07
+0.2%
C$129.63
+0.4%
+4.9%C$10.53BC$4.99B20.967,000Analyst Forecast
FTT
Finning International
3.2718 of 5 stars
C$60.80
-0.1%
C$54.94
-9.6%
+56.8%C$8.35BC$10.96B17.01147,000Analyst Forecast
RUS
Russel Metals
2.9675 of 5 stars
C$44.64
-0.2%
C$52.00
+16.5%
+11.9%C$2.56BC$4.17B14.383,500News Coverage
BBD.A
Bombardier
N/AC$161.00
-0.4%
N/A+78.8%C$1.99BC$8.40B41.7117,100
WTE
Westshore Terminals Investment
0.2671 of 5 stars
C$27.90
+0.8%
C$30.00
+7.5%
+22.8%C$1.72BC$382.55M16.23423
CJT
Cargojet
2.0066 of 5 stars
C$104.00
-0.4%
C$148.50
+42.8%
-19.9%C$1.66BC$929.62M729.881,838

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