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C$22.95 -0.58 (-2.46%)
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WJX vs. ADEN, DBM, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, AND, BDT, and WTE

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), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Bird Construction (BDT), and Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs. Its Competitors

ADENTRA (TSE:ADEN) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

ADENTRA pays an annual dividend of $0.4137 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ADENTRA pays out 23.5% 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.

20.2% of ADENTRA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of ADENTRA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Wajax has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
ADENTRA$2.24B0.36$36.47M$1.7618.95
WajaxC$2.15B0.23C$53.19MC$1.6314.08

ADENTRA has a beta of 1.24785, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wajax has a beta of 0.670585, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
ADENTRA2.17% 8.12% 4.52%
Wajax 2.55%10.40%5.32%

Wajax has a consensus price target of C$23.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.85%. Given Wajax's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wajax is more favorable than ADENTRA.

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

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 0.00 beat ADENTRA's score of -0.23 indicating that Wajax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

ADENTRA beats Wajax on 12 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$499.07MC$4.30BC$7.85BC$9.47B
Dividend Yield5.92%4.54%4.58%6.48%
P/E Ratio14.08564.98299.8326.27
Price / Sales0.2356.771,343.4612.91
Price / Cash243.5860.3628.3183.29
Price / Book0.972.084.865.74
Net IncomeC$53.19MC$222.68MC$791.48MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-5.56%-0.94%-0.94%-0.60%
1 Month Performance-2.26%0.98%3.60%5.03%
1 Year Performance-10.91%-1.55%28.31%39.56%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.0723 of 5 stars
C$22.95
-2.5%
C$23.38
+1.9%
-7.4%C$499.07MC$2.15B14.083,200News Coverage
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$32.87
-6.2%
N/A-22.7%$802.32M$2.24B18.682,828Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
2.8209 of 5 stars
C$8.69
-4.0%
C$10.00
+15.1%
-0.6%C$761.51MC$3.05B10.221,232Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
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
1.6664 of 5 stars
C$156.94
-0.3%
C$143.50
-8.6%
N/AC$12.77BC$5.11B26.557,000
FTT
Finning International
2.0151 of 5 stars
C$65.70
-0.5%
C$59.44
-9.5%
+52.6%C$8.71BC$11.38B14.10147,000News Coverage
RUS
Russel Metals
3.8649 of 5 stars
C$41.65
-0.5%
C$51.60
+23.9%
+2.6%C$2.33BC$4.51B14.413,500Analyst Forecast
AND
Andlauer Healthcare Group
0.1966 of 5 stars
C$52.10
-0.3%
C$52.75
+1.2%
+34.8%C$2.04BC$650.58M30.652,290
BDT
Bird Construction
3.3367 of 5 stars
C$30.67
-1.8%
C$34.13
+11.3%
N/AC$1.70BC$3.40B17.045,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WTE
Westshore Terminals Investment
1.2547 of 5 stars
C$25.65
+0.6%
C$30.00
+17.0%
+5.6%C$1.58BC$392.46M15.45423

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