Deluxe (DLX) Competitors

Ennis (NYSE:EBF) and Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is EBF or DLX more profitable?

Ennis has a net margin of 10.15% compared to Deluxe's net margin of 1.78%. Deluxe's return on equity of 20.90% beat Ennis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ennis	10.15%	11.64%	10.18%
Deluxe	1.78%	20.90%	4.48%

Is EBF or DLX a better dividend stock?

Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Ennis pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deluxe pays out 139.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer EBF or DLX?

In the previous week, Ennis had 6 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ennis and 3 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Ennis' score of 0.14 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ennis	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Deluxe	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EBF or DLX?

Deluxe received 115 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.00% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 67.08% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ennis	Outperform Votes 158 69.00%	Underperform Votes 71 31.00%
Deluxe	Outperform Votes 273 67.08%	Underperform Votes 134 32.92%

Which has more volatility and risk, EBF or DLX?

Ennis has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EBF or DLX?

Deluxe has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.28%. Given Deluxe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Deluxe is more favorable than Ennis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ennis	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Deluxe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EBF or DLX?

74.3% of Ennis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Ennis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Deluxe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EBF or DLX?

Ennis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Deluxe. Ennis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ennis	$404.20M	1.30	$42.60M	$1.58	12.81
Deluxe	$2.19B	0.38	$26.12M	$0.86	21.94

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.