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Wajax (WJX) Competitors

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C$23.20 -0.64 (-2.68%)
As of 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

WJX vs. DBM, ADEN, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, CJT, SIS, and BDT

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), Cargojet (CJT), Savaria (SIS), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs.

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

Doman Building Materials Group received 134 more outperform votes than Wajax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.92% of users gave Doman Building Materials Group an outperform vote while only 50.54% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Doman Building Materials GroupOutperform Votes
461
71.92%
Underperform Votes
180
28.08%
WajaxOutperform Votes
327
50.54%
Underperform Votes
320
49.46%

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$2.49B0.29C$56.55MC$0.6512.69
WajaxC$2.09B0.24C$53.19MC$2.449.51

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

4.4% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Wajax shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wajax shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock 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 price target of C$10.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.33%. Wajax has a consensus price target of C$22.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.56%. Given Doman Building Materials Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Doman Building Materials Group had 1 more articles in the media than Wajax. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group and 1 mentions for Wajax. Wajax's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Doman Building Materials Group's score of 0.48 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wajax
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 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 6.8%. 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.

Summary

Doman Building Materials Group beats Wajax on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WJX vs. The Competition

MetricWajaxIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$507.03MC$3.83BC$7.63BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield6.94%4.76%4.58%6.32%
P/E Ratio9.5115.9223.1329.95
Price / Sales0.2455.9489.08752.53
Price / Cash243.5860.3626.9483.71
Price / Book0.981.833.973.96
Net IncomeC$53.19MC$222.68MC$807.24MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-0.77%0.51%0.67%0.84%
1 Month Performance37.28%11.15%10.98%7.48%
1 Year Performance-11.79%-5.00%19.24%16.03%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.6929 of 5 stars
C$23.20
-2.7%
C$22.38
-3.6%
-10.8%C$507.03MC$2.09B9.513,200Positive News
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
3.2892 of 5 stars
C$8.38
+3.6%
C$10.13
+20.8%
+13.1%C$732.41MC$2.49B12.951,232High Trading Volume
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$25.48
+2.0%
N/A-9.0%$449.88M$1.68B8.692,828Gap Up
High Trading Volume
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
2.7535 of 5 stars
C$116.76
+2.9%
C$129.63
+11.0%
-6.0%C$9.52BC$4.99B18.967,000
FTT
Finning International
1.7427 of 5 stars
C$42.46
+3.6%
C$50.00
+17.8%
+13.0%C$5.83BC$10.96B11.88147,000
RUS
Russel Metals
3.7015 of 5 stars
C$41.20
+4.4%
C$52.00
+26.2%
+6.7%C$2.36BC$4.17B13.273,500Dividend Increase
CJT
Cargojet
1.8503 of 5 stars
C$95.02
+4.0%
C$150.64
+58.5%
-23.9%C$1.52BC$929.62M666.861,838
SIS
Savaria
2.055 of 5 stars
C$19.78
+1.8%
C$23.83
+20.5%
+9.2%C$1.43BC$874.68M30.952,400
BDT
Bird Construction
3.8006 of 5 stars
C$25.17
+2.8%
C$31.61
+25.6%
+23.1%C$1.41BC$3.31B15.245,000News Coverage
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This page (TSE:WJX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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