Enerflex (EFX) Competitors

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is SJ or EFX a better dividend stock?

Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Stella-Jones pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out -10.9% 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.

Do analysts prefer SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones presently has a consensus target price of C$86.60, suggesting a potential upside of 31.61%. Enerflex has a consensus target price of C$13.97, suggesting a potential upside of 47.82%. Given Enerflex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Stella-Jones.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stella-Jones	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Enerflex	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SJ or EFX?

Enerflex received 84 more outperform votes than Stella-Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave Stella-Jones an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stella-Jones	Outperform Votes 413 63.34%	Underperform Votes 239 36.66%
Enerflex	Outperform Votes 497 69.32%	Underperform Votes 220 30.68%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones has higher revenue and earnings than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stella-Jones	C$3.41B	1.08	C$321.05M	C$5.73	11.49
Enerflex	C$3.09B	0.38	-C$114.88M	-C$0.92	-10.27

Does the media prefer SJ or EFX?

In the previous week, Enerflex had 6 more articles in the media than Stella-Jones. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Enerflex and 4 mentions for Stella-Jones. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Enerflex's score of -0.19 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stella-Jones	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Enerflex	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SJ or EFX?

63.6% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SJ or EFX?

Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SJ or EFX more profitable?

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -3.72%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 18.36% beat Enerflex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stella-Jones	9.43%	18.36%	9.38%
Enerflex	-3.72%	-8.76%	3.03%

Summary

Stella-Jones beats Enerflex on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.