EBF Stock Analysis: Ennis | NYSE
Business Equipment & Supplies | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 527m USD | 12M Return: 26.5% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 3.60M
EPS Trend: -64.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -90.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 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: 42.7m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.15 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.51 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 26.10% < 20% (prev 23.22%; Δ 2.88% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.18 > 3% & CFO 66.0m > Net Income 42.7m |
| Net Debt (-41.0m) to EBITDA (70.2m): -0.58 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.53 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (25.5m) vs 12m ago -2.44% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 30.79% > 18% (prev 30.00%; Δ 0.79% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 108.6% > 50% (prev 107.5%; Δ 1.14% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: error (cannot be calculated; needs correct EBIT TTM and Interest Expense TTM) |
| A: 0.28 (Total Current Assets 143.5m - Total Current Liabilities 40.7m) / Total Assets 363.5m |
| B: 0.56 (Retained Earnings 204.7m / Total Assets 363.5m) |
| C: 0.15 (EBIT TTM 53.0m / Avg Total Assets 362.6m) |
| D: 5.88 (Book Value of Equity 310.7m / Total Liabilities 52.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 10.84 = AAA |
| DSRI: 0.74 (Receivables 35.5m/47.6m, Revenue 393.8m/388.7m) |
| GMI: 0.97 (GM 30.00% / 30.79%) |
| AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.41 / AQ_t-1 0.43) |
| SGI: 1.01 (Revenue 393.8m / 388.7m) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 42.7m - CFO 66.0m) / TA 363.5m) |
| Beneish M = -3.29 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 21.33 with a total of 75,435 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.14%, over one month by +5.50%, over three months by +9.23% and over the past year by +26.52%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 20.40 (which is 4.4% or 1.9 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 | 12.5% |
P/E Trailing = 12.485
P/E Forward = 12.4224
P/S = 1.3394
P/B = 1.6979
P/EG = 0.7329
Revenue TTM = 393.8m USD
EBIT TTM = 53.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 70.2m USD
Long Term Debt = 4.25m USD (estimated: total debt 8.05m - short term 3.80m)
Short Term Debt = 3.80m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 8.05m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 8.05m already included)
Net Debt = -41.0m USD (calculated: Debt 8.05m - CCE 49.1m)
Enterprise Value = 486.4m USD (527.5m + Debt 8.05m - CCE 49.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 53.0m / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
EV/FCF = 8.79x (Enterprise Value 486.4m / FCF TTM 55.3m)
FCF Yield = 11.37% (FCF TTM 55.3m / Enterprise Value 486.4m)
FCF Margin = 14.05% (FCF TTM 55.3m / Revenue TTM 393.8m)
Net Margin = 10.84% (Net Income TTM 42.7m / Revenue TTM 393.8m)
Gross Margin = 30.79% ((Revenue TTM 393.8m - Cost of Revenue TTM 272.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 31.52% (prev 29.19%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.34 (Enterprise Value 486.4m / Total Assets 363.5m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.0% (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt 8.05m)
Taxrate = 27.37% (16.1m / 58.8m)
NOPAT = 38.5m (EBIT 53.0m * (1 - 27.37%))
Current Ratio = 3.53 (Total Current Assets 143.5m / Total Current Liabilities 40.7m)
Debt / Equity = 0.03 (Debt 8.05m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 310.7m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.58 (Net Debt -41.0m / EBITDA 70.2m)
Debt / FCF = -0.74 (Net Debt -41.0m / FCF TTM 55.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 307.4m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 11.78% (Net Income 42.7m / Total Assets 363.5m)
RoE = 13.89% (Net Income TTM 42.7m / Total Stockholder Equity 307.4m)
RoCE = 17.00% (EBIT 53.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 307.4m + L.T.Debt 4.25m))
RoIC = 12.54% (NOPAT 38.5m / Invested Capital 306.9m)
WACC = 6.66% (E(527.5m)/V(535.5m) * Re(6.76%) + D(8.05m)/V(535.5m) * Rd(0.0%) * (1-Tc(0.27)))
Discount Rate = 6.76% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -59.80 | Cagr: -0.80%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈51.6m ; Y1≈59.1m ; Y5≈87.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 53.38 (EV 1.31b - Net Debt -41.0m = Equity 1.35b / Shares 25.3m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -64.54 | EPS CAGR: -3.09% | SUE: 0.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -90.52 | Revenue CAGR: -3.69% | SUE: 0.16 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-08-31): EPS=0.40 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=0.42 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2027-02-28): EPS=1.57 | Chg30d=-1.88% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+3.3% | GrowthRev=+0.9%
EPS next Year (2028-02-29): EPS=1.61 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+2.5% | GrowthRev=+1.0%