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$18.70 -0.01 (-0.04%)
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EBF vs. DLX, QUAD, OI, SXI, AMBP, DNOW, UFPT, CENX, KMT, and HI

Should you be buying Ennis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ennis include Deluxe (DLX), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), O-I Glass (OI), Standex International (SXI), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), DNOW (DNOW), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Century Aluminum (CENX), Kennametal (KMT), 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Ennis had 27 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Ennis and 13 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Ennis' score of 0.02 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$399.35M1.22$42.60M$1.5911.76
Deluxe$2.12B0.31$52.80M$1.1812.32

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 share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Deluxe has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 113.22%. 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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, 5.6% of Deluxe shares are held by company 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.

Ennis pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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.

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%

Summary

Deluxe beats Ennis on 13 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$486.50M$244.94M$6.60B$18.42B
Dividend Yield5.25%5.25%3.60%4.21%
P/E Ratio11.765.8820.2731.10
Price / Sales1.221.2275.3126.58
Price / Cash9.059.0526.9417.54
Price / Book1.381.383.554.30
Net Income$42.60M$42.60M$798.80M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.22%-1.61%1.78%1.42%
1 Month Performance-11.65%-5.82%-4.00%-7.33%
1 Year Performance-2.08%-1.04%10.51%2.26%

Ennis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBF
Ennis
1.8301 of 5 stars
$18.70
0.0%
N/A-1.9%$486.50M$399.35M11.762,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
DLX
Deluxe
4.885 of 5 stars
$14.72
+0.8%
$31.00
+110.6%
-22.6%$658.23M$2.12B12.475,860
QUAD
Quad/Graphics
1.9629 of 5 stars
$5.16
+3.8%
$10.15
+96.7%
+13.2%$270.12M$2.67B-4.7315,300News Coverage
Positive News
OI
O-I Glass
4.4173 of 5 stars
$11.00
+3.3%
$15.38
+39.8%
-27.5%$1.70B$6.53B-15.4924,000Options Volume
Positive News
SXI
Standex International
4.4184 of 5 stars
$142.97
+0.1%
$231.33
+61.8%
-18.8%$1.70B$717.74M31.223,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AMBP
Ardagh Metal Packaging
3.9518 of 5 stars
$2.77
+1.8%
$3.44
+24.2%
-19.8%$1.66B$4.91B-23.086,320Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
DNOW
DNOW
2.826 of 5 stars
$15.25
-0.8%
$19.00
+24.6%
+8.7%$1.61B$2.37B20.892,420Short Interest ↓
Positive News
UFPT
UFP Technologies
2.2482 of 5 stars
$208.43
-0.5%
$392.00
+88.1%
-6.5%$1.60B$504.42M29.732,020Positive News
CENX
Century Aluminum
4.0979 of 5 stars
$16.03
+2.8%
$24.33
+51.8%
-11.0%$1.48B$2.22B5.071,960
KMT
Kennametal
4.1991 of 5 stars
$19.06
+0.5%
$26.00
+36.4%
-21.8%$1.47B$2.02B15.628,447Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HI
Hillenbrand
4.5451 of 5 stars
$20.90
-1.9%
$36.50
+74.6%
-56.1%$1.47B$3.12B-6.6611,000

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This page (NYSE:EBF) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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