Ennis (EBF) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EBF or DLX?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, EBF or DLX?

Ennis has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	1.34	$42.60M	$1.58	13.18
Deluxe	$2.14B	0.46	$26.12M	$1.24	18.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBF or DLX?

Deluxe received 116 more outperform votes than Ennis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.26% of users gave Ennis an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ennis	Outperform Votes 160 69.26%	Underperform Votes 71 30.74%
Deluxe	Outperform Votes 276 67.32%	Underperform Votes 134 32.68%

Is EBF or DLX a better dividend stock?

Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ennis pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deluxe pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend EBF or DLX?

Deluxe has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Deluxe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EBF or DLX more profitable?

Ennis has a net margin of 10.15% compared to Deluxe's net margin of 2.58%. Deluxe's return on equity of 21.15% beat Ennis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ennis	10.15%	11.64%	10.18%
Deluxe	2.58%	21.15%	4.66%

Does the media prefer EBF or DLX?

In the previous week, Ennis had 10 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ennis and 0 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ennis' score of 0.39 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ennis	Neutral
Deluxe	Positive

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.