Company Analysis

Ennis, Inc. (EBF)

NYSE: EBF · Manifold Business Forms · Midlothian, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.7
◀ Past 5.3● Present 6.2▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Ennis, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present6.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-01-10.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-12-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-01-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $357 million in fiscal 2017 to $392 million in fiscal 2026, up 1.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 18% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.1%bottom 43% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 38% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak18.3%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 86% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-02-28, Ennis, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 86% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-19, buying about $60 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 13%: owes 13¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-28, Ennis, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 13 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 2% of its family
  • return on equitytop 24% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 47% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 21 in its family; net margin 10.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $392 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of 10.9% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of -3.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$392Mbottom 18% of its family
  • net margin10.9%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-3.1%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Walters, Keith S (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-03-01, 20.7 years (top 3% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.8 years (bottom 46%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 37%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 37% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.8 yearsbottom 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.7 yearstop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $35 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 9.7% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.5% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 30.7% (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets9.7%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.5%top 31% of its family
  • gross margin30.7%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -3.1% a year over the last three filed years against 1.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew -0.6% (bottom 31%); capital spending grew 39.3% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). Ennis, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.2 points a yearbottom 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.6%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending39.3%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 20 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ennis, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $392 million in fiscal 2026 came in 4% above the $377 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $43 million against a prior three-year average of $43 million (bottom 33%); a net margin of 10.9% against 10.4% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.0%top 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-2%bottom 33% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton EBF · research, not advice