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Ennis

EBF
52
Business Equipment & Supplies · Industrials
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Ennis, Inc. makes printed business products that companies use every day. Its core products include business forms, labels, tags, promotional materials, and uniforms. The main customers are small and mid-sized businesses across the United States, and Ennis sells almost entirely through a network of independent distributors rather than directly to end users.

Ennis earns money by manufacturing and selling these physical products, so revenue depends on order volume rather than subscriptions or recurring contracts. The company operates primarily in the U.S. and generates roughly $500 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from its broad distributor network and the sheer variety of products it can supply from one source, making it a convenient one-stop shop. The main risk the business faces is long-term structural decline in demand for paper-based forms and printed materials as more companies shift to digital workflows.

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Quality

Gross Margin
29.2%
Modest — 29.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
12.5%
Healthy — 12.5% operating margin
ROCE
3.9%
Weak — 3.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-1.4%
Shrinking sales (-1.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+5.1%
Modest earnings growth (5.1% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
137%
Turns 137% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
11.7%
Modest free cash flow (11.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.7x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
-1.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.65%
no trend
Healthy income — 4.65% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
-71.4%
no trend
Dividend cut (-71.4% YoY) — warning sign

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