Risk Intelligence
55 / 100
Insufficient Data
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
EBF · NYSE
Sector unavailable · Industry unavailable
$21.30
+0.61%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Updated 12/19/2023
Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.
Investment Report Card
Sector unavailable · Data confidence partial
49 / 100
Rank #363 of 1,152 qualified companies
Top 53% · Not Currently Suggested
55 / 100
Insufficient Data
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
48 / 100
Insufficient Data
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
66 / 100
Insufficient Data
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
100 / 100
Positive disclosed activity
What are important owners actually doing?
Among the strongest readings on this measure.
75 / 100
Very Attractive
Is today's price reasonable?
Above average on this measure — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
58 / 100
Favorable Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Around the middle of the covered universe — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
No weakening evidence is recorded in today's readings.
ENNIS INC scores 48 on Long-Term Potential (D), described by the research model as insufficient data. This describes business characteristics only — it is not a forecast of future returns.
Disclosed ownership evidence reads 100 (A+): Positive disclosed activity. Ownership filings are historical disclosures, not signals.
ENNIS INC reads 75 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
ENNIS INC reads 58 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.6% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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ENNIS INC (EBF) scores 49 out of 100 and ranks #363 of 1,152 qualified companies today. That places it in the top 53% of ranked companies. The stored tier for that score is not currently suggested.
Risk Intelligence reads 55 out of 100 (D+), recorded as insufficient data. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Long-Term Potential reads 48 out of 100 (D), recorded as insufficient data. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Fundamental Momentum reads 66 out of 100 (C+), recorded as insufficient data. Around the middle of the covered universe.
Ownership Intelligence reads 100 out of 100 (A+), recorded as positive disclosed activity. Among the strongest readings on this measure.
Valuation currently appears favourable: Valuation Intelligence reads 75 out of 100 (B), recorded as Very Attractive. ENNIS INC reads 75 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital Returns Intelligence reads 58 out of 100 (C−), recorded as Favorable Capital Returns. ENNIS INC reads 58 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.6% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No weakening factors are recorded in today's stored readings, and data confidence is partial. Absence of a recorded weakness is not evidence of safety.
Its strongest recorded evidence is Ownership Intelligence. Risk Intelligence and Long-Term Potential remain the main area to watch. Separately from the score, valuation reads very attractive at today's price.
Composite discovery model
Suggested Investment Score
49 / 100
A 0–100 composite discovery score combining Risk Intelligence, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, and Ownership Intelligence. It helps rank qualified companies for further research and does not predict future returns.
30% contribution
30% contribution
20% contribution
20% contribution
100 / 100 · Strong · 20% of the Suggested Investment Score
Coverage: Partial Coverage
50% of Ownership Intelligence · 10% of the total score
No reliably mapped professional-manager filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
20% of Ownership Intelligence · 4% of the total score
Broad institutional evidence from resolved filings is strong.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No discretionary insider transactions are stored for this company, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No qualifying major-holder filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
Ownership Intelligence summarizes publicly disclosed activity among professional investment managers, broader institutions, company insiders, and significant strategic owners. It adds context to investment research but is not a validated predictor of future performance. Ownership information is publicly reported with a delay; the latest applicable reporting period is 2023-09-30, publicly disclosed 9/11/2026. Congressional activity is unavailable pending legal review and contributes nothing to this reading.
Improving fundamentals
Recent reported business trends rank among the strongest in the qualified universe.
Strong ownership evidence
Disclosed institutional activity evidence is favourable relative to other qualified companies. Ownership evidence is descriptive and reported with a delay.
Risk Intelligence is less favourable
Defensive characteristics rank below the middle of the qualified universe.
Long-term potential is mid-pack
Long-Term Potential ranks below the qualified median. This remains a research model.
Ownership Intelligence — Partial Coverage
Only part of the ownership evidence is available for this company. Missing evidence is left missing rather than replaced with a neutral value.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Data coverage Good. Rankings are recalculated daily using the latest available information. Individual components may update at different frequencies based on when new financial and ownership data becomes available.
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 75 · Very Attractive
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 58 · Favorable Capital Returns
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Score explanation
Four research areas carry fixed weights. Each area is compared against every other eligible company, then weighted. The four contributions below add to 48.9 of the stored score (48.9).
Risk Intelligence
30% of the score · contributes 4.1 points
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Stands at the 14 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 55 · 8% of this company’s total score
How financially sturdy the company has been when conditions turned against it.
Risk Intelligence reads stored balance-sheet strength, historical downside behaviour and the company's price-risk grouping. A stronger reading describes past resilience; it does not protect against future losses.
Full methodologyLong-Term Potential
30% of the score · contributes 10.5 points
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Stands at the 35 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 48 · 21% of this company’s total score
Whether the business has the durable characteristics long-term owners look for.
Long-Term Potential reads durability characteristics such as profitability consistency, cash generation and reinvestment capability over multiple reported periods.
Full methodologyFundamental Momentum
20% of the score · contributes 15.6 points
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Stands at the 78 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 66 · 32% of this company’s total score
Whether the reported business results have been getting stronger or weaker.
Fundamental Momentum compares recent reported fundamentals with the company's own earlier periods, so improvement or deterioration is measured against its history rather than against a forecast.
Full methodologyOwnership Intelligence
20% of the score · contributes 18.6 points
What are important owners actually doing?
Stands at the 93 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 100 · 38% of this company’s total score
What large reporting owners have actually been doing with their positions.
Ownership Intelligence reads public ownership filings: how many tracked reporting owners hold the company, and whether they were adding, holding, reducing or exiting in the latest disclosed period.
Full methodologyAdditional research — not currently included in the primary Suggested Investment Score.
Stored snapshots only
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Very Attractive
54
Reasonable
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
84
Very Attractive
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
81
Very Attractive
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
89
Very Attractive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
ENNIS INC reads 75 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Very Attractive. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended May 31, 2026
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current P/E 12.6x · own median 14.0x · peer median 26.8x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Favorable Capital Returns
61
Favorable Capital Returns
Dividend reliability
42
Moderate Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
The company spends on share repurchases, but much of that activity offsets share issuance rather than materially reducing the share count.
48
Moderate Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
76
Strong Capital Returns
Can the cash flow support it?
79
Strong Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
ENNIS INC reads 58 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 3.6% a year.
This company spent cash repurchasing stock, but the share count did not fall meaningfully because it also issued shares. Repurchase spending alone did not increase existing shareholders' ownership.
How returned cash was used
Dividends $25.71M · net repurchases $9.45M · total returned $35.16M · 63% of free cash flow
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended May 31, 2026
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Suggested Investment Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
| Today | #363 | Score 49 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | Not yet suggested | |
| Highest rank | #363 | |
In the company’s own words
Ennis, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the " Company ," " Registrant ," " Ennis ," or " we ," " us ," or " our ") was organized under the laws of Texas in 1909. Ennis is primarily a "trade printer" that manufactures a broad range of printed products that are resold throughout the United States through a network of independent distributors. This distributor channel encompasses independent print distributors, commercial printers, direct mail, fulfillment companies, payroll and accounts payable software companies, and advertising agencies, among others. We also sell products to many of our competitors to satisfy their customers’ needs.
Our management believes we are the largest provider of business forms, pressure-seal forms, labels, tags, envelopes, and presentation folders to independent distributors in the United States.
We are in the business of manufacturing, designing and selling business forms and other printed business products primarily to distributors located in the United States. We operate approximately 50 manufacturing plants throughout the United States in 20 strategically located states as one reportable segment; printing services and manufacture of business forms. Approximately 95% of the business products we manufacture are custom and semi-custom products, constructed in a wide variety of sizes, colors, number of parts and quantities on an individual job basis, depending upon the customers’ specifications.
The products we sell include snap sets, continuous forms, laser cut sheets, tags, labels, envelopes, integrated products, jumbo rolls and pressure sensitive products in short, medium and long runs under the following labels: Ennis , Royal Business Forms , Block Graphics , ColorWorx , Enfusion , Uncompromised Check Solutions , VersaSeal , Ad Concepts SM , FormSource Limited SM , Star Award Ribbon Company , Witt Printing , Genforms , PrintGraphics , Calibrated Forms , PrintXcel , Printegra , Forms Manufacturers SM , Mutual Graphics , TRI-C Business Forms SM , Major Business Systems SM , Independent Printing SM , Hayes Graphics , Wright Business Graphics SM , Wright 360 SM , Integrated Print & Graphics SM , the Flesh Company SM , AmeriPrint SM ; Stylecraft SM , UMC Print SM ; Eagle Graphics SM , Diamond Graphics SM , Printing Technologies SM and CFC Print & Mail SM . We also sell the Adams McClure brand (which provides Point of Purchase advertising); the Admore , Folder Express , and Independent Folders brands (which provide presentation folders and document folders); Ennis Tag & Label SM (which provides custom printed, high performance labels and custom and stock tags); Allen-Bailey Tag & Label SM , Atlas Tag & Label , Kay Toledo Tag , and Special Service Partners (SSP) (which provides custom and stock tags and labels); Trade Envelopes , Block Graphics , Wisco , National Imprint Corporation , Northeastern Envelope Company SM , and Envelope Superstore SM (which provide custom and imprinted envelopes); Northstar and General Financial Supply (which provide financial and security documents); Infoseal SM and PrintXcel (which provide custom and stock pressure seal documents). School Photo Marketing and National School Forms are a one-stop shop for over 1,400 school portrait photographers and professional photo labs nationwide, providing them with a complete array of products and services that reach over 15 million families and 30,000 schools, primarily in the K-8 market. We sell predominantly through independent distributors, as well as to many of our competitors. Northstar Computer Forms, Inc., one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, also sells direct to a small number of customers, generally large banking organizations (where a distributor is not acceptable or available to the end-user). Adams McClure, LP, a wholly-owned subsidiary, also sells direct to a small number of customers, where sales are generally through advertising agencies.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed May 8, 2026. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
55
Fundamentally Qualified
No prior period to compare
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
48
Ordinary Compounder
No prior period to compare
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
As of Sep 11, 2026
66
Accelerating
No prior period to compare
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
As of Sep 11, 2026
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Insufficient Data
No prior period to compare
No tracked manager filings mapped to this company.
Not enough stored history to chart EBF yet. A company needs at least two published research or ownership periods before a trend can be shown.
Share price
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, through Sep 11, 2026. Past prices do not indicate future results.
Last stored close $21.30 · +22.1% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Risk and uncertainty
Public filings · descriptive only
Reporting holders
7
New holders
4
Increasing
1
Reducing
1
Exiting
0
Coverage
Excellent
Positive disclosed activity · Report period 2023-03-31 · Public 12/19/2023
| Manager | Change | Portfolio weight | Rank | Disclosed |
|---|
Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
No qualifying changes are recorded for this company in the stored research and filing history.
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.