EFXT vs. WHD, HAYW, HSAI, ATS, EPAC, ACMR, AZTA, DNOW, SEI, and INVX
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), Hesai Group (HSAI), ATS (ATS), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), ACM Research (ACMR), Azenta (AZTA), DNOW (DNOW), Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), and Innovex International (INVX). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Enerflex vs.
Cactus (NYSE:WHD) and Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Cactus has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cactus had 6 more articles in the media than Enerflex. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cactus and 2 mentions for Enerflex. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Enerflex's score of 0.52 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cactus has a net margin of 16.57% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -3.15%. Cactus' return on equity of 20.24% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
Cactus received 356 more outperform votes than Enerflex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote.
Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cactus pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out 40.0% 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.
85.1% of Cactus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Enerflex shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Cactus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cactus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enerflex. Cactus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cactus presently has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.17%. Given Enerflex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Cactus.
Summary
Cactus beats Enerflex on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EFXT) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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