Executive Summary
Enghouse Systems Limited develops enterprise software solutions worldwide.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Solid track record with excellent balance sheet.
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Share Price & News
How has Enghouse Systems's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: ENGH has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-4.6%
ENGH
-4.5%
CA Software
-1.5%
CA Market
1 Year Return
35.8%
ENGH
16.5%
CA Software
2.5%
CA Market
Return vs Industry: ENGH exceeded the Canadian Software industry which returned 16.5% over the past year.
Return vs Market: ENGH exceeded the Canadian Market which returned 2.5% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| ENGH | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -4.6% | -4.5% | -1.5% |
| 30 Day | 1.6% | -2.2% | -0.7% |
| 90 Day | 22.9% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| 1 Year | 37.4%35.8% | 18.6%16.5% | 5.7%2.5% |
| 3 Year | 91.6%85.5% | 84.8%80.3% | 16.8%6.2% |
| 5 Year | 136.8%124.9% | 123.0%115.9% | 32.0%12.8% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Enghouse Systems's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Are Enghouse Systems Limited’s (TSE:ENGH) High Returns Really That Great?Valuation
Is Enghouse Systems undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
9.3%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: ENGH (CA$52.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$56.93)
Significantly Below Fair Value: ENGH is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: ENGH is poor value based on its PE Ratio (40.7x) compared to the Software industry average (24x).
PE vs Market: ENGH is poor value based on its PE Ratio (40.7x) compared to the Canadian market (16x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: ENGH is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (2.9x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: ENGH is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (7.2x) compared to the CA Software industry average (3.1x).
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Future Growth
How is Enghouse Systems forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 5 analysts?
14.0%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: ENGH's forecast earnings growth (14% per year) is above the savings rate (1.4%).
Earnings vs Market: ENGH's earnings (14% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the Canadian market (11.1% per year).
High Growth Earnings: ENGH's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: ENGH's revenue (19.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the Canadian market (4.6% per year).
High Growth Revenue: ENGH's revenue (19.2% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if ENGH's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
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Past Performance
How has Enghouse Systems performed over the past 5 years?
18.6%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: ENGH has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: ENGH's current net profit margins (18.4%) are higher than last year (16.8%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: ENGH's earnings have grown by 18.6% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: ENGH's earnings growth over the past year (22.7%) exceeds its 5-year average (18.6% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: ENGH earnings growth over the past year (22.7%) exceeded the Software industry 12.3%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: ENGH's Return on Equity (17.6%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Financial Health
How is Enghouse Systems's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: ENGH's short term assets (CA$246.4M) exceed its short term liabilities (CA$161.0M).
Long Term Liabilities: ENGH's short term assets (CA$246.4M) exceed its long term liabilities (CA$27.6M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: ENGH's debt to equity ratio (0.3%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: Insufficient data to determine if ENGH's debt to equity ratio has reduced over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: ENGH's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (7246.2%).
Interest Coverage: ENGH earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: ENGH has a low level of unsold assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: ENGH's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 219.4x debt).
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Dividend
What is Enghouse Systems's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
0.85%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: ENGH's dividend (0.83%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the Canadian market (2%).
High Dividend: ENGH's dividend (0.83%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the Canadian market (5.6%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: ENGH is not paying a notable dividend for the Canadian market, therefore no need to check if payments are stable.
Growing Dividend: ENGH is not paying a notable dividend for the Canadian market, therefore no need to check if payments are increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: ENGH is not paying a notable dividend for the Canadian market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of ENGH's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Canadian market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.8yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Stephen Sadler (68yo)
19.8yrs
Tenure
CA$5,106,952
Compensation
Mr. Stephen J. Sadler, also known as Steve, has been the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Enghouse Systems Limited since April 1, 2000. Mr. Sadler has been a Director of CTI Group H ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD3.85M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Canadian market ($USD2.09M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Stephen's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman & CEO | 19.8yrs | CA$5.11m | 13.72% CA$398.1m | |
| President | 2.1yrs | CA$1.09m | no data | |
| VP of Finance & Administration and Corporate Secretary | 0yrs | CA$513.19k | 0.027% CA$791.9k | |
| General Manager of Networks Division | 0yrs | CA$423.00k | no data | |
| General Manager of Divisional Management | 0yrs | CA$575.01k | no data | |
| Chief Administration & Human Resources Officer | 2.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| VP & General Counsel | 0yrs | CA$263.55k | no data | |
| Vice President of Corporate Development | 0yrs | no data | no data | |
| Managing Director of West & Northern Europe | 0yrs | CA$323.36k | no data | |
| President of Global Cloud Interactive Management Division (USA) | 0yrs | CA$293.83k | no data |
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ENGH's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman & CEO | 19.8yrs | CA$5.11m | 13.72% CA$398.1m | |
| Independent Director | 15.9yrs | CA$140.00k | 0.029% CA$844.7k | |
| Lead Director | 0yrs | CA$130.00k | 3.92% CA$113.7m | |
| Independent Director | 19.8yrs | CA$125.00k | 0.37% CA$10.6m | |
| Independent Director | 13.5yrs | CA$125.00k | 0.18% CA$5.3m | |
| Independent Director | 0.9yrs | CA$115.93k | 0.0047% CA$137.3k | |
| Independent Director | 15.9yrs | CA$125.00k | 0.64% CA$18.5m |
15.9yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ENGH's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 15.9 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: ENGH insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Enghouse Systems Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Enghouse Systems Limited
- Ticker: ENGH
- Exchange: TSX
- Founded: 1984
- Industry: Application Software
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: CA$2.903b
- Shares outstanding: 54.98m
- Website: https://www.enghouse.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Enghouse Systems Limited
- 80 Tiverton Court
- Suite 800
- Markham
- Ontario
- L3R 0G4
- Canada
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGH | TSX (The Toronto Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | CA | CAD | Feb 1998 |
| EGHS.F | OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC) | Yes | Common Shares | US | USD | Feb 1998 |
| 30000 | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Shares | DE | EUR | Feb 1998 |
Biography
Enghouse Systems Limited develops enterprise software solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Interactive Management Group and Asset Management Group. The Interactive Management Group segment provides customer interaction software and services. Its technologies include contact center, attendant console, interactive voice response, dialers, video collaboration, agent performance optimization, and analytics that support various telephony environment. This segment serves insurance companies, telecoms, banks, as well as technology, health care, and hospitality companies using deployment models, such as cloud, on-premise, hosted, and hybrid. The Asset Management Group segment offers a portfolio of products to telecom service providers. Its products include operations support systems, business support systems, and mobile value added services solutions, video and IPTV services as well as data conversion services. This segment also provides fleet routing, dispatch, scheduling, transit e-ticketing and automated fare collection, communications, and emergency control center solutions for the transportation, government, first responders, distribution, and security sectors. Further, it offers public transport agencies and operators with e-ticketing solutions; and integrated software platform for wholesale billing and partner settlements; client, server and cloud software products as well as system integration services; and also offers customer engagement software. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/02/26 00:04 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/02/25 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/10/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/10/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.