Reviewing Enlightify (ENFY) and Its Competitors

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enlightify and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlightify	$79.21 million	-$28.41 million	-0.08
Enlightify Competitors	$10.46 billion	$486.03 million	-73.80

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Enlightify and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlightify	1	0	0	0	1.00
Enlightify Competitors	700	2916	3340	110	2.40

As a group, “CHEM – DIVERSIFD” companies have a potential upside of 24.94%. Given Enlightify’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enlightify has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Enlightify and its peers’ 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	-63.42%	-0.83%	-0.51%

Summary

Enlightify peers 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.