ENNIS INC (EBF)
Industrials · Trade printing and commercial printing services · NYSE
The largest US trade printer of custom business forms and printed products, selling primarily through independent distributors with stable 10%+ net margins and dividend-paying cash generation.
What ENNIS INC does
Ennis is a trade printer and the largest US provider of custom and semi-custom printed business products—including business forms, pressure-seal forms, labels, tags, envelopes, and presentation folders—sold predominantly through a network of independent distributors. The company operates approximately 50 manufacturing plants across 20 strategically located US states and sells products under dozens of brand names. Approximately 95% of its output is custom or semi-custom, manufactured on an individual job basis to customer specifications. It also operates School Photo Marketing, a one-stop service for school portrait photographers serving over 15 million families and 30,000 schools nationwide.
Themes: ["Business forms manufacturing / printing","Commercial printing","Distributor-channel sales","School services / photography","Labels and tags"]
Fundamentals
- Price$21.21 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$531M as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+14.7% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E12.44 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+30.8% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+13.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-3.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.28 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +4.7%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Contraction of the traditional business forms industry as digital alternatives reduce demand for printed products","Dependence on a single major paper supplier for raw materials, limiting negotiating flexibility if supply arrangements change","Economic sensitivity—general economic conditions and contraction drive quarterly volume fluctuations, making revenue dependent on broad industrial spending"]
Competitors & peers
- R.R. Donnelley
- Taylor Corporation
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.