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EBF vs. DLX, QUAD, ATKR, POWL, SXI, DNOW, AMBP, OI, CENX, and HI

Should you be buying Ennis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ennis include Deluxe (DLX), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Atkore (ATKR), Powell Industries (POWL), Standex International (SXI), DNOW (DNOW), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), O-I Glass (OI), Century Aluminum (CENX), and Hillenbrand (HI).

Ennis vs.

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

Ennis has a net margin of 10.35% compared to Deluxe's net margin of 2.49%. Deluxe's return on equity of 21.33% beat Ennis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ennis10.35% 12.16% 10.61%
Deluxe 2.49%21.33%4.84%

Ennis has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Deluxe has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.07%. Given Deluxe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
0.00
Deluxe
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Deluxe received 116 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.79% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 67.47% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EnnisOutperform Votes
164
69.79%
Underperform Votes
71
30.21%
DeluxeOutperform Votes
280
67.47%
Underperform Votes
135
32.53%

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 7.4%. Ennis pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deluxe pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

74.3% of Ennis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Deluxe shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Ennis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Deluxe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ennis$399.35M1.32$42.60M$1.5912.73
Deluxe$2.12B0.34$52.80M$1.1813.82

In the previous week, Deluxe had 2 more articles in the media than Ennis. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Deluxe and 4 mentions for Ennis. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ennis' score of 0.60 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)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Deluxe
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EBF vs. The Competition

MetricEnnisManifold business forms IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$526.50M$264.94M$6.89B$19.64B
Dividend Yield4.89%4.89%3.56%3.77%
P/E Ratio12.736.3621.6833.46
Price / Sales1.321.3275.6826.71
Price / Cash9.059.0526.7817.54
Price / Book1.501.503.674.61
Net Income$42.60M$42.60M$793.46M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.32%1.66%-1.37%-0.86%
1 Month Performance-4.51%-2.26%-1.42%-3.14%
1 Year Performance-0.30%-0.15%13.06%5.48%

Ennis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBF
Ennis
1.8056 of 5 stars
$20.24
+0.6%
N/A-1.2%$526.50M$399.35M12.732,000
DLX
Deluxe
4.8886 of 5 stars
$15.77
-0.6%
$31.00
+96.6%
-21.3%$705.14M$2.12B13.365,860
QUAD
Quad/Graphics
2.4099 of 5 stars
$5.44
+0.2%
$10.15
+86.5%
+2.3%$284.93M$2.67B-4.9915,300Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
ATKR
Atkore
2.8916 of 5 stars
$60.25
-0.6%
$103.17
+71.2%
-69.0%$2.09B$3.07B5.835,000
POWL
Powell Industries
4.3567 of 5 stars
$170.33
-3.6%
$312.00
+83.2%
+28.8%$2.06B$1.06B12.932,170Positive News
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SXI
Standex International
3.9094 of 5 stars
$161.59
+0.8%
$231.33
+43.2%
-7.1%$1.92B$717.74M35.283,800High Trading Volume
DNOW
DNOW
1.5832 of 5 stars
$17.08
+0.1%
$17.00
-0.4%
+14.2%$1.80B$2.37B23.392,420News Coverage
Positive News
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
2.192 of 5 stars
$3.02
+0.5%
$3.44
+14.1%
-10.4%$1.80B$4.91B-25.126,320
OI
O-I Glass
4.5943 of 5 stars
$11.50
-0.4%
$15.38
+33.7%
-30.6%$1.77B$6.53B-16.1924,000Positive News
CENX
Century Aluminum
4.3902 of 5 stars
$18.56
flat
$24.33
+31.1%
+18.5%$1.71B$2.22B5.871,960Positive News
HI
Hillenbrand
4.546 of 5 stars
$24.19
-3.1%
$36.50
+50.9%
-51.6%$1.70B$3.12B-7.7010,450News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:EBF) was last updated on 4/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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