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Ennis, Inc. (EBF)

Industrials

No action
Fundamental
4
Sentiment
3
Technical
4

Do Nothing: avgDollarVolume20 is only $2.69M (below the $5.0M floor) and recent 3-session regular-session dollar volume averages $1.46M (below the $1.5M recent-liquidity floor).

Analysis as of 2026-07-30· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Ennis, Inc., established in 1909 and based in Midlothian, Texas (originally incorporated as Ennis Business Forms, Inc.), is a U.S.-based company dedicated to creating, producing, and marketing business forms and a diverse range of related commercial products. The company's primary offerings include a comprehensive selection of forms like continuous forms, snap sets, laser cut sheets, and integrated products, along with various tags, labels, envelopes, jumbo rolls, and pressure-sensitive materials. These products are sold under an extensive array of brands such as Ennis, Royal Business Forms, Block Graphics, Specialized Printed Forms, 360º Custom Labels, and ColorWorx, among many others. Beyond its core forms business, Ennis, Inc. extends its services to include point-of-purchase (POP) advertising, kitting, and fulfillment solutions, primarily catering to large franchise and fast-food organizations through its Adams McClure brand. It also manufactures presentation and document folders, marketed under names like Admore, Folder Express, and Independent Folders. Furthermore, the company provides custom and stock tags and labels, including high-performance varieties, via brands such as Ennis Tag & Label, Allen-Bailey Tag & Label, and Atlas Tag & Label. Custom and imprinted envelopes are supplied through brands like Trade Envelopes and National Imprint Corporation, while essential financial and security documents are offered under the Northstar, General Financial Supply, and Infoseal brands. All its business products are distributed across the nation through an established network of independent distributors.

Fundamental

good
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Solid fundamentals

Ennis exhibits strong balance-sheet health, solid profitability, and attractive valuation metrics, though growth remains a concern.

Ennis appears financially sturdy: net-cash balance sheet (net debt/EBITDA -0.63), strong liquidity (current ratio 3.53), and strong health indicators (Altman Z 8.15; Piotroski 8). TTM margins are healthy (gross 30.79%, EBITDA 18.18%, net 10.84%) and returns are solid (ROE 13.89%, ROIC 11.78%). The main weakness is modest/negative top-line growth (5-yr revenue CAGR -0.48%) amid industry digitization and supplier concentration risks discussed in the latest 10-K. At ~12.89× earnings and ~7.02× EV/EBITDA with ~7.49% free-cash-flow yield (plus ~4.62% dividend yield), the stock looks attractively valued; discounted-cash-flow estimates around $40/share suggest sizable upside if cash flows remain durable.

Sentiment

fair
Sentiment3
Mixed sentiment

Media sentiment is mildly bullish, but there are no clear short-term catalysts to drive significant movement.

EBF has no clearly dated, forward 1–30 trading-day catalyst in the scanned sources; last ~14d media tone is neutral/slightly positive but low-intensity and largely driven by post-earnings/institutional-positioning commentary, while the 30–90d sentiment delta is indeterminate due to sparse baseline coverage. Legal/regulatory scans are clean and Reddit shows no stock-specific chatter, implying a range-bound near-term setup.

Technical

good
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Bullish structure

The stock maintains a bullish technical structure, but liquidity constraints limit tradability.

EBF has a clean daily uptrend with price above all key moving averages and MACD/RSI confirming, but liquidity is below both the 20-day and recent-session thresholds required by this strategy.

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