Enlightify (ENFY) and Its Rivals Financial Comparison

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 similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Enlightify and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlightify	1	0	0	0	1.00
Enlightify Competitors	685	2902	3331	110	2.41

As a group, “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” companies have a potential upside of 25.67%. Given Enlightify’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enlightify has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

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%	-0.72%	-0.47%

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings and 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	-80.22

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.

Summary

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

About Enlightify

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.