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Enerflex

EFX.TO
48
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
C$28.00
+0.32 (+1.16%)
Market Cap
C$3.42B
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+37.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 89.7M (2021) → 123.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Enerflex Ltd. is a Canadian company that builds and services equipment used to process and move natural gas. Its core products include natural gas compression systems, processing facilities, and power generation equipment. It sells and rents this equipment to oil and gas producers, pipeline operators, and energy companies around the world.

Enerflex makes money in two main ways: selling custom-built equipment to customers and collecting recurring fees from long-term contracts to operate and maintain that equipment. The company operates across Canada, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and Australia, giving it a broad geographic footprint. Its large installed base of equipment creates switching costs, since customers tend to stick with the same provider for ongoing maintenance. The key growth driver is rising global demand for natural gas infrastructure, particularly in emerging markets, but the company faces real risk from volatile energy prices, which can cause oil and gas producers to quickly cut spending on new equipment.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-5.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-49.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$74M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Enerflex's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
23.9%
Thin — 23.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
10.0%
Modest — 10.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
19.2%
Strong — 19.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+11.9%
Steady sales growth (+11.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-48.6%
Earnings shrinking (-48.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
567%
Turns 567% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.2%
Modest free cash flow (10.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.45
Conservative — low debt load (0.45)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.99x
Adequate interest coverage (5.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
51.9x
Expensive — P/E 51.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+44.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (51.9 → 7.3)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.61%
Small dividend — 0.61% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+13.3%
Dividend growing fast (13.3% YoY)

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