EFXT vs FET vs IOSP Stock Comparison

Enerflex, Forum Energy Technologies and Innospec Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EFXT Enerflex Ltd.
$23.44 -0.6% 1M +88.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.86B
P/E
47.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.21B
Div. yield
0.68%
Oilfield Equipment Energy
5 wins
IOSP Innospec Inc.
$99.18 +0.5% 1M +30.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.44B
P/E
20.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.84B
Div. yield
1.80%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Enerflex leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Enerflex 5, Innospec 4, Forum Energy Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEFXTFETIOSPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.86B $998.67M $2.44B EFXT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 47.2x -633.3x 20.1x IOSP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.5x 23.5x 21.3x EFXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +3.9% +2.9% FET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.8% -0.2% 6.6% IOSP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% 0.0% — EFXT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.6x — EFXT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.68% — 1.80% IOSP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +88.1% +187.2% +30.0% FET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.3%/yr +31.0%/yr +2.7%/yr FET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.2% 55.2% 23.4% IOSP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 46/100 64/100 EFXT

Percentile Scorecard

EFXTFETIOSP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEFXTFETIOSP
Valuation 63 #7 of 17 25 #13 of 17 64 #13 of 34
Growth 92 #2 of 14 69 #5 of 14 53 #16 of 33
Profitability 90 #2 of 11 20 #9 of 11 76 #8 of 30
Financial Health 47 #9 of 16 13 #14 of 16 71 #11 of 36
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 8 55 #11 of 23
Overall 73 46 64
  • EFXT ranked among 18 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • FET ranked among 18 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • IOSP ranked among 38 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEFXTFETIOSPSPY
1 month -0.6%+7.2%+0.5% -0.8%
3 months +4.2%+56.9%+15.8% +3.5%
6 months -8.3%+40.0%+27.7% +7.0%
Year to date +51.9%+140.3%+29.6% +12.2%
1 year +88.1%+187.2%+30.0% +13.0%
3 years +477.3%+306.4%+2.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +79.5%+59.6%+1.0% +23.1%
5 years +172.9%+285.9%+14.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year +22.3%+31.0%+2.7% +11.0%
10 years +112.1%-77.6%+64.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.8%-13.9%+5.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEFXTFETIOSPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.2%55.2%23.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.8%53.9%20.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.870.840.51 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.793.391.28 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -56.6%-59.1%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.4%0.0%-0.5% -1.8%
52-week high $28.39$88.80$99.64 $779.14
52-week low $12.53$26.78$65.89 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEFXTFETIOSP
P/E now vs peer median 47.2xmedian 25.5x -633.3xmedian 25.5x 20.1xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.1x 1.2xmedian 1.1x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 7.0x 16.0xmedian 7.0x 12.9xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 13.1x 18.8xmedian 13.1x 35.5xmedian 10.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.7x 3.4xmedian 1.7x 1.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.25median 0.47 -15.76median 0.47 -21.84median 1.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEFXTFETIOSP
Revenue $2.21B $833.35M $1.84B
Gross profit $525.36M $233.66M $505.90M
Operating income $206.78M $38.17M $128.90M
Net income $185.99M -$1.58M $122.30M
Free cash flow $444.07M $53.22M $68.80M
R&D – – $52.10M
EPS (diluted) $0.50 $-0.13 $4.92
Cash & equivalents $74.00M $33.72M $250.20M
Total debt $2.40B $143.71M –
Shares (diluted) 123.06M 11.77M 24.71M
Enterprise value $2.54B $861.11M $1.35B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEFXTFETIOSP
P/E 47.2x -633.3x 20.1x
P/FCF 6.4x 18.8x 35.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.8x 16.8x 19.7x
P/S 1.3x 1.2x 1.3x
P/B 2.4x 3.4x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 2.5x 4.8x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 5.1x 16.0x 12.9x
EV/EBIT 16.0x 29.0x 17.0x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.3x 1.2x
EV/FCF 7.5x 20.8x 31.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x 18.7x 17.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.25 -15.76 -21.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEFXTFETIOSP
Revenue growth (1Y) – 3.9% 2.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 3.7% -2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -5.0% -0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 4.5% -5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 151.3% -21.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 84.6% 8.0% -9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 98.6% 496.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 65.2% 37.3% -1.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -46.0% 98.5% 538.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 37.7% 40.2% -0.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -33.5% -9.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 243.8% 145.5% -13.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -35.4% -28.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 219.7% 178.4% -21.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEFXTFETIOSP
Gross margin 23.8% 28.0% 27.5%
EBITDA margin 29.5% 8.3% 9.3%
Operating margin 9.4% 4.6% 7.0%
Pretax margin 14.8% 2.5% 7.8%
Net margin 2.8% -0.2% 6.6%
FCF margin 20.1% 6.4% 3.7%
Operating cash flow margin 19.0% 7.1% 6.7%
Return on equity 10.3% -0.6% 9.0%
Return on assets 4.2% -0.2% 6.7%
Return on invested capital 8.8% 0.0% –
Return on capital employed 11.5% 7.0% 8.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.1x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x -37.5x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 1.3% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEFXTFETIOSP
Debt / assets 18.9% 18.6% –
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.6x –
Debt / FCF 1.2x 2.7x –
Liabilities / assets 58.3% 62.4% 26.8%
Equity / assets 41.7% 37.6% 73.2%
Interest coverage 0.2x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 2.2x 2.8x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.9x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.26 1.40 5.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEFXTFETIOSP
Dividend yield 0.7% – 1.8%
Net buyback yield – 3.6% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 3.6% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEFXTFETIOSP
Forward P/E 18.5xFY2026 23.5xFY2026 21.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.27FY2026 $3.78FY2026 $4.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +144.2%FY2026 +500.0%FY2026 -11.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.8% +37.8% +25.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.39BFY2026 $871.25MFY2026 $1.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.1%FY2026 +10.1%FY2026 +3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.6% +13.9% +15.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEFXTFETIOSP
Held by institutions 66.5% 86.6% 99.8%
Institutions holding 167 161 278
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +10.7% -1.4%
Institutions buying 85 102 144
Institutions selling 63 42 97
Buyers to sellers 1.35 2.43 1.48

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EFXTFETIOSP
EFXT 1.00 0.36 0.00
FET 0.36 1.00 0.08
IOSP 0.00 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EFXT, FET and IOSP?

Enerflex (EFXT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Enerflex (EFXT) $2.86B, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) $998.67M, Innospec (IOSP) $2.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, EFXT, FET and IOSP?

Innospec (IOSP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Enerflex (EFXT) 47.2x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) -633.3x, Innospec (IOSP) 20.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Enerflex (EFXT) is cheapest (Enerflex (EFXT) 18.5x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 23.5x, Innospec (IOSP) 21.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +3.9%, Innospec (IOSP) +2.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Innospec (IOSP) has the highest net margin (Enerflex (EFXT) 2.8%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) -0.2%, Innospec (IOSP) 6.6%). On return on invested capital, Enerflex (EFXT) leads (Enerflex (EFXT) 8.8%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Forum Energy Technologies (FET) returned the most: Enerflex (EFXT) +88.1%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +187.2%, Innospec (IOSP) +30.0%. Over five years, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) compounded fastest (Enerflex (EFXT) +22.3%/yr, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +31.0%/yr, Innospec (IOSP) +2.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Innospec (IOSP) has the highest dividend yield: Enerflex (EFXT) 0.68%, Innospec (IOSP) 1.80%. Forum Energy Technologies (FET) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Innospec (IOSP) has been the steadiest (Enerflex (EFXT) 49.2%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 55.2%, Innospec (IOSP) 23.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EFXT, FET and IOSP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Enerflex (EFXT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.