VEL vs. CFX, OFG, FCAP, OBT, PFC, TRIN, SOS, HARL, ING, and SPO
Should you be buying Velocity Composites stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Composites include Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), Petrofac (PFC), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Sosandar (SOS), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Ingenta (ING), and Sportech (SPO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Velocity Composites vs. Its Competitors
Velocity Composites (LON:VEL) and Colefax Group (LON:CFX) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Velocity Composites has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Colefax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Velocity Composites. Velocity Composites is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colefax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Velocity Composites currently has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 130.33%. Given Velocity Composites' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Velocity Composites is more favorable than Colefax Group.
Colefax Group has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Velocity Composites' net margin of -11.83%. Colefax Group's return on equity of 18.88% beat Velocity Composites' return on equity.
In the previous week, Velocity Composites' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Colefax Group'saverage media sentiment score.
40.9% of Velocity Composites shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Colefax Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.1% of Velocity Composites shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Colefax Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Colefax Group beats Velocity Composites on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:VEL) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
