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C$21.16 -0.06 (-0.28%)
(As of 01:05 PM ET)

WJX vs. ADEN, DBM, RME, AAO, TIH, FTT, RUS, CJT, ARE, and BDT

Should you be buying Wajax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wajax include ADENTRA (ADEN), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO) (RME), IntellaEquity (AAO), Toromont Industries (TIH), Finning International (FTT), Russel Metals (RUS), Cargojet (CJT), Aecon Group (ARE), and Bird Construction (BDT). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Wajax vs.

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

24.3% of Wajax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.2% of ADENTRA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wajax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of ADENTRA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Wajax has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ADENTRA. Wajax is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ADENTRA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WajaxC$2.10B0.22C$69.84MC$3.136.76
ADENTRA$2.16B0.43$44.77M$2.6614.04

Wajax currently has a consensus price target of C$24.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.78%. Given Wajax's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wajax is more favorable than ADENTRA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wajax
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
ADENTRA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Wajax's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ADENTRA'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wajax Neutral
ADENTRA Neutral

Wajax has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADENTRA has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wajax pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. ADENTRA pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wajax pays out 44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ADENTRA pays out 21.1% 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.

Wajax has a net margin of 3.32% compared to ADENTRA's net margin of 2.07%. Wajax's return on equity of 14.06% beat ADENTRA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wajax3.32% 14.06% 5.32%
ADENTRA 2.07%7.87%4.52%

Wajax received 272 more outperform votes than ADENTRA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.53% of users gave ADENTRA an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Wajax an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WajaxOutperform Votes
322
50.47%
Underperform Votes
316
49.53%
ADENTRAOutperform Votes
50
73.53%
Underperform Votes
18
26.47%

Summary

Wajax beats ADENTRA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WJX vs. The Competition

MetricWajaxIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$459.81MC$3.53BC$3.91BC$5.67B
Dividend Yield5.47%4.46%4.39%5.76%
P/E Ratio6.78541.09524.0428.24
Price / Sales0.2256.20419.811,203.85
Price / Cash243.5860.3628.4478.40
Price / Book0.891.903.993.34
Net IncomeC$69.84MC$220.15MC$179.68MC$286.16M
7 Day Performance-8.36%-3.96%-0.56%-2.13%
1 Month Performance-1.76%-5.02%1.08%2.16%
1 Year Performance-25.99%2.08%25.59%38.09%

Wajax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJX
Wajax
2.2962 of 5 stars
C$21.16
-0.3%
C$24.50
+15.8%
-25.9%C$459.81MC$2.10B6.783,200
ADEN
ADENTRA
N/A$37.91
-1.0%
N/A+78.1%$948.51M$2.16B14.392,828
DBM
Doman Building Materials Group
2.817 of 5 stars
C$8.99
-0.8%
C$10.93
+21.6%
+11.5%C$784.74MC$2.46B12.491,232
RME
Rocky Mountain Equipment Alberta Ltd (RME.TO)
N/AC$7.40
flat
N/AN/AC$142.50MC$767.30M21.088,160High Trading Volume
AAO
IntellaEquity
N/AC$0.01
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$2.56MC$3.08M-2.503,670Gap Up
TIH
Toromont Industries
2.7914 of 5 stars
C$113.27
+1.5%
C$135.00
+19.2%
-1.1%C$9.28BC$4.78B18.087,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
FTT
Finning International
3.7906 of 5 stars
C$37.82
-1.3%
C$48.25
+27.6%
+0.6%C$5.27BC$10.87B10.92147,000
RUS
Russel Metals
2.915 of 5 stars
C$44.35
flat
C$50.50
+13.9%
N/AC$2.60BC$4.26B12.933,500
CJT
Cargojet
2.4065 of 5 stars
C$107.93
-0.7%
C$159.27
+47.6%
-5.7%C$1.74BC$897.90M-114.451,838Dividend Announcement
Positive News
ARE
Aecon Group
0.6444 of 5 stars
C$26.80
-0.9%
C$27.53
+2.7%
+121.6%C$1.67BC$4.07B-100.118,684
BDT
Bird Construction
2.6889 of 5 stars
C$27.49
-0.2%
C$33.00
+20.0%
+91.3%C$1.52BC$3.14B17.665,000Analyst Revision

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This page (TSE:WJX) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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