VEL vs. WULF, CORZ, CCAP, HUT, RWAY, LDI, QD, MDBH, GHI, and LX
Should you be buying Velocity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Financial include TeraWulf (WULF), Core Scientific (CORZ), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Hut 8 (HUT), Runway Growth Finance (RWAY), loanDepot (LDI), Qudian (QD), MDB Capital (MDBH), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), and LexinFintech (LX). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
TeraWulf (NASDAQ:WULF) and Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 52.16% compared to Velocity Financial's net margin of -56.70%. TeraWulf's return on equity of 14.02% beat Velocity Financial's return on equity.
Velocity Financial received 79 more outperform votes than TeraWulf when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 68.00% of users gave TeraWulf an outperform vote.
Velocity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TeraWulf.
In the previous week, TeraWulf had 15 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TeraWulf and 1 mentions for Velocity Financial. TeraWulf's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Velocity Financial's score of -0.23 indicating that Velocity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.5% of TeraWulf shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of TeraWulf shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Velocity Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TeraWulf has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TeraWulf currently has a consensus target price of $3.66, indicating a potential upside of 87.61%. Velocity Financial has a consensus target price of $17.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.52%. Given Velocity Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TeraWulf is more favorable than Velocity Financial.
Summary
Velocity Financial beats TeraWulf on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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