EFX vs. MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, TIXT, CHR, FC, and MAX
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), Quebecor (QBR.A), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Chorus Aviation (CHR), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), and Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Enerflex vs.
Enerflex (TSE:EFX) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Enerflex has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 9.04% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -3.72%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 11.06% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
64.2% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerflex received 80 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.41% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Enerflex pays out -10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MEG Energy pays out 21.2% 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.
Enerflex currently has a consensus target price of C$13.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.47%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$32.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.22%. Given MEG Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Enerflex.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Enerflex. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MEG Energy and 1 mentions for Enerflex. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Enerflex's score of 0.59 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Enerflex on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EFX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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