Wajax (WJXFF) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

Wajax (OTCMKTS:WJXFF – Get Free Report) is one of 158 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Wajax to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.4% of Wajax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Wajax and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Wajax and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Wajax’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wajax has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Wajax and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Dividends

Wajax pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Wajax pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.9% and pay out 36.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Wajax peers beat Wajax on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Wajax Company Profile

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Wajax Corporation provides equipment, parts, and services to construction, forestry, mining, industrial and commercial, oil sands, transportation, metal processing, government, utilities, and oil and gas sectors. The company offers compact excavators, dump trucks, excavators, wheel loaders, and wheeled excavators; aerial devices, boom lifts, cranes, digger derricks, drills, lifts, and material and scissor lifts; marine, off and on highway engines, and transmissions; and feller bunchers, felling heads, flail debarkers, forwarders, grinders, harvesting heads, log loaders, mulchers, skidders, track and wheel harvesters, and woodchippers. It also provides bearings, bulk material handling, filtration, fluid handling, hydraulics, industrial electric motors and variable frequency drives, instrumentation, pneumatics, power transmissions, and PPE and safety supplies, as well as sealing, belting, lubricants, and hydraulic hoses; combination sweeper scrubbers, container handlers, electric ride scooters, end rider trucks, forklifts, goosenecks and ballast weights, order pickers, outdoor cleaning machines, pallet stackers and trucks, reach stackers, rider and walk behind sweepers, side loaders, utility vehicles, tow, terminal, and RoRo tractors; and equipment transport, filtration, fluid handling, mining excavators, rigid frame trucks, rope shovel, underground battery powered and drill jumbos, underground haul trucks and loaders, and underground utility trucks. In addition, the company offers power generation solutions; cages and partitions, guarding and barriers, lockers, cabinets, workstations, rack accessories and protections, racking, shelving, and storage platforms; storage system design, installation, and inspection services, as well as equipment rentals and engineered repair services. The company was formerly known as Wajax Income Fund and changed its name to Wajax Corporation in January 2011. Wajax Corporation was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

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