EFX vs. MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, QBR.A, LIF, CHR, TIXT, MAX, and FC
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), Chorus Aviation (CHR), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Midas Gold Corp. (MAX.TO) (MAX), and Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Enerflex vs.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
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 56.28% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Enerflex and 3 mentions for MEG Energy. Enerflex's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.06 indicating that Enerflex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -4.30%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 12.99% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
44.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Enerflex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 beta of 2.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MEG Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. MEG Energy pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out -8.7% 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.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$32.27, suggesting a potential upside of 31.46%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$13.47, suggesting a potential downside of 9.97%. Given MEG Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Enerflex.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Enerflex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:EFX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
