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Ennis, Inc.EBFCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Commercial Printing/Forms
Momentum neutral 44
Mkt cap
$528M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.48M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+9.7 pp
WACC 6.3%
Hurdle
-14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
45 days
21 Dec 2026
Close · USD$20.85
1D-0.4%
1W-2.5%
1M-8.3%
3M-5.5%
6M+0.9%
YTD+15.8%
1Y+21.6%
ATR %2.5%
Beta0.11
52w lowhigh9.7% off high

What Ennis does

Employees: 1,835

Ennis at a glance

Size Ennis (EBF) is a United States Industrials company (Commercial Printing/Forms) with a market value of $528M, the 2651st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $20.85 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 0.9%, against -16.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is 13.6% (peer median 5.0%).

Valuation It trades at 13.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.2× (6th cheapest of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.7 points above its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 7.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 21 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026EBF 103Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Ennis against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ennis financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-02-28. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$397M$392M$395M$420M$432M
Revenue growth—-1%-6%-3%—
Gross profit$115M$120M$117M$125M$131M
EBITDA$71.2M$69.8M$68.5M$74.0M$77.6M
Net income$38.9M$42.6M$40.2M$42.6M$47.3M
Free cash flow$57.6M$41.0M$60.0M$62.6M$42.4M
Capital expenditure$10.9M$11.7M$5.89M$6.50M$4.33M
Total debt$6.86M$9.21M$9.48M$9.57M$13.0M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ennis competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%0021170025996030587868TCPLPACK002191002229000812QUAD000695WPL78603005563012707915DLXCMPREBF6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ennis is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%20×40×0021170025997868TCPLPACK002191QUADWPL7860DLXCMPREBFRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ennis is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%0021170025996030587868TCPLPACK600681QUADWPL78600028363012707915DLXCMPREBFGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Ennis is the large dot.

Ennis competitors and peer comparison

How Ennis compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Ennis against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureEBFPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.3%-7.6%9th lowest of 21
6-month return+0.9%-16.6%4th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-9.7%-38.8%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.3%+0.5%9th highest of 20
Operating margin13.6%5.0%2nd highest of 20
Forward P/E13.3×14.2×6th cheapest of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-12.4%5.6%3rd least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+1.9%+3.7%6th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-14.2 pp+1.1 pp4th least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+9.7 pp+1.6 pphighest of 20
EV / EBITDA6.7×8.0×4th cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-0.7×2.2×3rd least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Ennis EBFUnited States$528M+1%+2%14%13.3×-12.4%+1.9%
Tungkong 002117.SZChina$543M-32%-12%12%22.3×5.7%+0.3%
Beijing Shengtong Printing 002599.SZChina$552M-17%-4%0%40.8×28.4%0.0%
Yongji Printing 603058.SSChina$492M-28%-15%8%n/a25.0%+15.1%
KOSAIDO 7868.TJapan$434M-24%-5%18%15.2×-13.5%+2.8%
TCPL Packaging TCPLPACK.NSIndia$427M+58%+5%12%28.0×22.0%+15.0%
Shenzhen Jinjia 002191.SZChina$674M-16%+32%-16%33.1×n/an/a
Hongbo 002229.SZChina$677M-44%-59%-47%n/an/an/a
Shaanxi Jinye Science Technology and Education 000812.SZChina$406M-13%+1%-8%n/an/an/a
Bestsun Energy 600681.SSChina$696M-15%-7%10%n/a-8.3%+3.9%
Quad/Graphics QUADUnited States$388M+2%-5%5%5.8×-7.0%-3.8%
Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development 000695.SZChina$386M-28%+57%-8%n/an/an/a
Wirtualna Polska WPL.WAPoland$364M-6%+39%11%11.4×-5.0%+28.5%
Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions MPIMANIPAL.NSIndia$768Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Avex 7860.TJapan$353M+3%+7%3%13.2×-12.9%+12.4%
Guangdong New Grand Long Packing 002836.SZChina$348M-25%+6%8%n/a19.1%+15.4%
Silkroad Vision Technology 300556.SZChina$328M-9%+52%-2%n/an/an/a
Beijing Hanyi Innovation Technology 301270.SZChina$314M-19%-7%0%n/a46.1%-0.7%
Nissha 7915.TJapan$303M-19%0%2%n/a6.5%+1.6%
Deluxe DLXUnited States$1.22B0%0%13%6.6×2.1%+3.6%
Cimpress CMPRUnited States$1.39B-38%+10%6%12.4×5.4%+7.7%

Questions

Which companies are Ennis's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Tungkong (002117.SZ), Beijing Shengtong Printing (002599.SZ), Yongji Printing (603058.SS), KOSAIDO (7868.T), TCPL Packaging (TCPLPACK.NS), Shenzhen Jinjia (002191.SZ), Hongbo (002229.SZ), Shaanxi Jinye Science Technology and Education (000812.SZ).
Is Ennis expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.3× against a peer median of 14.2×, 6th cheapest of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Ennis stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +0.9% against -16.6% for the median peer; over one year +21.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.