EFN vs. ECI, SVI, BDI, NIR, WSP, RBA, GFL, TFII, STN, and TIH
Should you be buying Element Fleet Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Fleet Management include EnerCare (ECI), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Black Diamond Group (BDI), Noble Iron (NIR), WSP Global (WSP), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), Stantec (STN), and Toromont Industries (TIH).
Element Fleet Management (TSE:EFN) and EnerCare (TSE:ECI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
53.6% of Element Fleet Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Element Fleet Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Element Fleet Management received 225 more outperform votes than EnerCare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave Element Fleet Management an outperform vote while only 65.79% of users gave EnerCare an outperform vote.
Element Fleet Management has a net margin of 23.30% compared to EnerCare's net margin of 0.00%. Element Fleet Management's return on equity of 12.40% beat EnerCare's return on equity.
In the previous week, Element Fleet Management had 6 more articles in the media than EnerCare. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Element Fleet Management and 0 mentions for EnerCare. Element Fleet Management's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat EnerCare's score of 0.00 indicating that Element Fleet Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Fleet Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. EnerCare pays an annual dividend of C$0.97 per share. Element Fleet Management pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnerCare pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Element Fleet Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Element Fleet Management has higher revenue and earnings than EnerCare. EnerCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Fleet Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Fleet Management presently has a consensus price target of C$28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.25%.
Summary
Element Fleet Management beats EnerCare on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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