EBF Stock Analysis: Ennis | NYSE
Specialty Business Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 539m USD | 12M Return: 28.4% | US2933891028 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.23M
EPS Trend: -63.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -80.3%
Qual. Beats: 1
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Ennis, Inc. (NYSE: EBF) is a U.S. manufacturer and seller of business forms and other printed products, operating in the GICS Industrials sector under the Commercial Printing sub-industry. The company offers a broad product range including snap sets, continuous forms, laser cut sheets, tags, labels, envelopes, integrated forms, jumbo rolls, and pressure-sensitive products, sold under a large portfolio of roughly 30 acquired brand names such as Ennis, Royal Business Forms, Block Graphics, Admore, and Northstar.
The company distributes primarily through B2B channels, including business forms distributors, resellers, direct mail, commercial printers, software companies, and advertising agencies, and also provides school photo marketing products and national school forms. Ennis was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, having previously operated as Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
- Direct mail and integrated print revenue offsets forms decline
- Acquisition strategy expands product portfolio and geographic reach
- Paper input cost inflation squeezes printing segment margins
| Net Income: 38.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.15 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.45 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 27.59% < 20% (prev 25.17%; Δ 2.41% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.18 > 3% & CFO 66.0m > Net Income 38.9m |
| Net Debt (-42.7m) to EBITDA (71.3m): -0.60 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.79 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (25.3m) vs 12m ago -3.18% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 30.63% > 18% (prev 30.11%; Δ 0.52% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 109.3% > 50% (prev 107.3%; Δ 1.94% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: error (cannot be calculated; needs correct EBIT TTM and Interest Expense TTM) |
| A: 0.30 (Total Current Assets 148.9m - Total Current Liabilities 39.3m) / Total Assets 365.1m |
| B: 0.55 (Retained Earnings 201.2m / Total Assets 365.1m) |
| C: 0.15 (EBIT TTM 54.2m / Avg Total Assets 363.5m) |
| D: 6.17 (Book Value of Equity 314.2m / Total Liabilities 50.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 11.25 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.87 (Receivables 37.5m/42.2m, Revenue 397.2m/388.3m) |
| GMI: 0.98 (GM 30.11% / 30.63%) |
| AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.41 / AQ_t-1 0.42) |
| SGI: 1.02 (Revenue 397.2m / 388.3m) |
| TATA: -0.07 (NI 38.9m - CFO 66.0m) / TA 365.1m) |
| Beneish M = -3.17 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of September 27, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 22.13 with a total of 155,918 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +3.80%, over one month by +3.17%, over three months by +5.78% and over the past year by +28.44%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 21.40 (which is 3.3% or 1.7 ATR below the current price).
Ennis has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy EBF.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 24 | 8.5% |
P/E Trailing = 14.451
P/E Forward = 12.4224
P/S = 1.4115
P/B = 1.7777
P/EG = 0.7329
Revenue TTM = 397.2m USD
EBIT TTM = 54.2m USD
EBITDA TTM = 71.3m USD
Long Term Debt = unknown (0.0)
Short Term Debt = 3.26m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 11.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 8.05m
Net Debt = -42.7m USD (calculated: Debt 11.3m - CCE 54.0m)
Enterprise Value = 496.7m USD (539.4m + Debt 11.3m - CCE 54.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 54.2m / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
EV/FCF = 8.98x (Enterprise Value 496.7m / FCF TTM 55.3m)
FCF Yield = 11.14% (FCF TTM 55.3m / Enterprise Value 496.7m)
FCF Margin = 13.93% (FCF TTM 55.3m / Revenue TTM 397.2m)
Net Margin = 9.81% (Net Income TTM 38.9m / Revenue TTM 397.2m)
Gross Margin = 30.63% ((Revenue TTM 397.2m - Cost of Revenue TTM 275.5m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 29.89% (prev 31.52%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.36 (Enterprise Value 496.7m / Total Assets 365.1m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.0% (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt 11.3m)
Taxrate = 27.48% (14.8m / 53.7m)
NOPAT = 39.3m (EBIT 54.2m * (1 - 27.48%))
Current Ratio = 3.79 (Total Current Assets 148.9m / Total Current Liabilities 39.3m)
Debt / Equity = 0.04 (Debt 11.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 314.2m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.60 (Net Debt -42.7m / EBITDA 71.3m)
Debt / FCF = -0.77 (Net Debt -42.7m / FCF TTM 55.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 309.6m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 10.71% (Net Income 38.9m / Total Assets 365.1m)
RoE = 12.58% (Net Income TTM 38.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 309.6m)
RoCE = 17.50% (EBIT 54.2m / Capital Employed (Equity 309.6m + L.T.Debt 0.0))
RoIC = 12.71% (NOPAT 39.3m / Invested Capital 309.2m)
WACC = 6.31% (E(539.4m)/V(550.7m) * Re(6.44%) + D(11.3m)/V(550.7m) * Rd(0.0%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 6.44% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -79.71 | Cagr: -1.63%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈51.6m ; Y1≈59.1m ; Y5≈87.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 53.44 (EV 1.31b - Net Debt -42.7m = Equity 1.35b / Shares 25.3m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -63.12 | EPS CAGR: -2.62% | SUE: -0.35 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -80.35 | Revenue CAGR: -2.72% | SUE: 0.91 | # QB: 1
EPS current Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=0.42 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2027-02-28): EPS=1.57 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+3.3% | GrowthRev=+1.0%
EPS next Year (2028-02-29): EPS=1.61 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+2.5% | GrowthRev=+0.9%