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C$23.63 +0.09 (+0.38%)
(As of 12/5/2024 ET)

WJX vs. ADEN, DBM, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, CJT, ARE, 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), Cargojet (CJT), Aecon Group (ARE), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs.

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

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 $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Wajax pays out 44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ADENTRA pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Wajax received 272 more outperform votes than ADENTRA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.53% of users gave ADENTRA an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WajaxOutperform Votes
322
50.47%
Underperform Votes
316
49.53%
ADENTRAOutperform Votes
50
73.53%
Underperform Votes
18
26.47%

Wajax currently has a consensus price target of C$24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.68%. Given Wajax's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
ADENTRA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Wajax has a net margin of 3.32% compared to ADENTRA's net margin of 2.07%. Wajax's return on equity of 14.06% beat ADENTRA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wajax3.32% 14.06% 5.32%
ADENTRA 2.07%7.87%4.52%

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$2.10B0.24C$69.84MC$3.137.55
ADENTRA$2.16B0.46$44.77M$2.6614.98

In the previous week, ADENTRA had 2 more articles in the media than Wajax. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ADENTRA and 2 mentions for Wajax. ADENTRA's average media sentiment score of -0.46 beat Wajax's score of -0.50 indicating that ADENTRA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Wajax has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADENTRA has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

24.3% of Wajax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of ADENTRA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wajax shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of ADENTRA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wajax and ADENTRA tied by winning 10 of the 20 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$513.48MC$3.88BC$3.98BC$6.09B
Dividend Yield5.47%4.46%4.31%5.36%
P/E Ratio7.55579.55536.3526.10
Price / Sales0.2459.54448.511,492.21
Price / Cash243.5860.3628.3885.52
Price / Book0.992.043.303.08
Net IncomeC$69.84MC$220.15MC$160.50MC$280.87M
7 Day Performance0.13%-0.25%0.70%0.92%
1 Month Performance14.76%2.36%0.07%4.10%
1 Year Performance-16.88%12.45%29.30%40.70%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
1.6505 of 5 stars
C$23.63
+0.4%
C$24.50
+3.7%
-16.9%C$513.48MC$2.10B7.553,200Analyst Revision
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$40.81
-0.9%
N/A+116.3%$1.02B$2.16B15.492,828
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
3.6425 of 5 stars
C$9.75
-0.3%
C$10.93
+12.1%
+39.7%C$851.08MC$2.46B13.581,232
RME
Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO)
N/AC$7.40
flat
N/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
2.461 of 5 stars
C$114.00
-0.9%
C$135.00
+18.4%
+1.4%C$9.34BC$4.78B18.347,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
FTT
Finning International
3.1444 of 5 stars
C$37.87
-0.9%
C$48.00
+26.7%
+14.1%C$5.28BC$10.87B10.88147,000Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
RUS
Russel Metals
2.5422 of 5 stars
C$45.77
-0.4%
C$50.50
+10.3%
+10.4%C$2.69BC$4.26B13.393,500Analyst Revision
CJT
Cargojet
1.9656 of 5 stars
C$118.00
-2.4%
C$158.82
+34.6%
+13.2%C$1.91BC$897.90M-127.261,838Analyst Forecast
ARE
Aecon Group
0.5335 of 5 stars
C$28.65
-0.5%
C$25.94
-9.5%
+138.3%C$1.79BC$4.07B-106.598,684Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
BDT
Bird Construction
1.9746 of 5 stars
C$30.64
-0.7%
C$32.44
+5.9%
+150.1%C$1.70BC$3.14B19.665,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (TSE:WJX) was last updated on 12/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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