HIGHOutside partySupplier
carbonless paper supplier
“10-K Item 1A: 'our primary domestic supplier of carbonless papers, permanently closed one of its mills, eliminating the sole U.S. source for this product'”
EBF · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Ennis (EBF) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Ennis discloses is carbonless paper supplier, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Ennis’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 1 disclosed concentration
HIGH1
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-07-06Ennis' disclosed concentration is a single, already-realized supply-chain event rather than a broad structural exposure. Its primary domestic supplier of carbonless papers permanently closed one of its mills, eliminating the sole U.S. source for this product — a supplier dependency that has already crystallized rather than remaining merely a stated possibility. Because only this one exposure is disclosed, there is no customer or geographic concentration layered on top to weigh against it; the entire filed risk picture for Ennis is this single raw-material sourcing gap. The closure is notable less for the scale of business it touches and more for the fact that the U.S. source is now gone entirely, meaning Ennis will need alternate domestic or import supply arrangements for this input going forward. This is disclosed at a high share, underscoring that carbonless paper sourcing is a material and immediate operational risk to monitor rather than a remote or theoretical one, even though it is narrowly scoped to a single product line rather than the whole business.
For the engine’s reasoning on EBF’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Business Equipment & Supplies
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTG | Acacia Research Corporation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| EBF● | Ennis, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.