Contrasting Enlightify (ENFY) and Its Competitors

Enlightify (NYSE:ENFY) is one of 46 publicly-traded companies in the “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Enlightify to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Enlightify and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlightify	-22.98%	-18.78%	-11.03%
Enlightify Competitors	-63.36%	-0.81%	-0.47%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Enlightify and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlightify	1	0	0	0	1.00
Enlightify Competitors	682	2899	3326	110	2.41

As a group, “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” companies have a potential upside of 27.02%. Given Enlightify’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enlightify has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enlightify and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlightify	$79.21 million	-$28.41 million	-0.08
Enlightify Competitors	$10.40 billion	$486.03 million	-76.47

Enlightify’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Enlightify. Enlightify is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Enlightify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of shares of all “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Enlightify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of shares of all “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Enlightify has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enlightify’s rivals have a beta of 0.93, suggesting that their average share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enlightify rivals beat Enlightify on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Enlightify Company Profile

Enlightify, Inc. engages in the research, development, production, and sale of various types of fertilizers and agricultural products. It operates through the following segments: Jinong, Gufeng, and Yuxing. The Jinong segment includes fertilizer products, with focus on humic acid-based compound fertilizer. The Gufeng segment refers to the compound fertilizer, blended fertilizer, organic compound fertilizer, slow-release fertilizers, highly concentrated water-soluble fertilizers, and mixed organic-inorganic compound fertilizer. The Yuxing segment develops and produces agricultural products, such as top-grade fruits, vegetables, flowers, and colored seedlings. The company was founded by Tao Li on February 6, 1987 and is headquartered in Xi’an, China.