Wajax (WJX) Competitors

Doman Building Materials Group (TSE:DBM) and Wajax (TSE:WJX) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is DBM or WJX a better dividend stock?

Doman Building Materials Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Doman Building Materials Group pays out 86.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wajax pays out 57.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wajax is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBM or WJX?

Doman Building Materials Group received 134 more outperform votes than Wajax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.40% of users gave Doman Building Materials Group an outperform vote while only 50.62% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Doman Building Materials Group	Outperform Votes 459 72.40%	Underperform Votes 175 27.60%
Wajax	Outperform Votes 325 50.62%	Underperform Votes 317 49.38%

Does the media prefer DBM or WJX?

In the previous week, Wajax had 2 more articles in the media than Doman Building Materials Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Wajax and 3 mentions for Doman Building Materials Group. Doman Building Materials Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Wajax's score of -0.14 indicating that Doman Building Materials Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Doman Building Materials Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wajax	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate DBM or WJX?

Doman Building Materials Group currently has a consensus price target of C$10.64, suggesting a potential upside of 51.18%. Wajax has a consensus price target of C$23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.60%. Given Doman Building Materials Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Doman Building Materials Group is more favorable than Wajax.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Doman Building Materials Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Wajax	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more risk & volatility, DBM or WJX?

Doman Building Materials Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wajax has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DBM or WJX?

4.4% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Doman Building Materials Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DBM or WJX more profitable?

Wajax has a net margin of 2.55% compared to Doman Building Materials Group's net margin of 2.27%. Wajax's return on equity of 10.40% beat Doman Building Materials Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Doman Building Materials Group	2.27%	9.41%	4.52%
Wajax	2.55%	10.40%	5.32%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DBM or WJX?

Doman Building Materials Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wajax. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Doman Building Materials Group, 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
Doman Building Materials Group	C$2.49B	0.25	C$56.55M	C$0.65	10.88
Wajax	C$2.09B	0.18	C$53.19M	C$2.44	7.21

Summary

Doman Building Materials Group beats Wajax on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.