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Volex (VLX) Competitors

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GBX 271.86 -2.64 (-0.96%)
As of 11:48 AM Eastern

VLX vs. CLSN, SMS, TFW, LUCE, XPP, SUP, CWR, AFC, DWHA, and DWHT

Should you be buying Volex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Volex include Calisen (CLSN), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), FW Thorpe (TFW), Luceco (LUCE), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), and Dewhurst Group (DWHT). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

Volex vs.

Volex (LON:VLX) and Calisen (LON:CLSN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Calisen's score of 0.00 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Volex Positive
Calisen Neutral

Volex has a net margin of 4.21% compared to Calisen's net margin of 0.00%. Volex's return on equity of 12.97% beat Calisen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Volex4.21% 12.97% 6.30%
Calisen N/A N/A N/A

Volex received 228 more outperform votes than Calisen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Calisen an outperform vote while only 75.80% of users gave Volex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VolexOutperform Votes
238
75.80%
Underperform Votes
76
24.20%
CalisenOutperform Votes
10
90.91%
Underperform Votes
1
9.09%

35.0% of Volex shares are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Calisen. Calisen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Volex£1.29B0.49£54.37M£18.5814.63
Calisen£248.10M0.00N/A-£5.50N/A

Volex currently has a consensus price target of GBX 370, indicating a potential upside of 36.10%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Volex is more favorable than Calisen.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Volex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Calisen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Volex beats Calisen on 13 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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VLX vs. The Competition

MetricVolexElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£630.53M£3.92B£7.65B£2.66B
Dividend Yield1.21%3.63%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio14.639.0523.19133.43
Price / Sales0.491,322.5591.49218,894.88
Price / Cash16.4812.3626.9428.02
Price / Book1.433.133.963.79
Net Income£54.37M-£42.19M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.05%0.34%0.64%0.52%
1 Month Performance18.97%12.74%10.96%22.00%
1 Year Performance-22.77%-10.68%19.51%120.80%

Volex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLX
Volex
2.7571 of 5 stars
GBX 271.86
-1.0%
GBX 370
+36.1%
-21.8%£630.53M£1.29B14.6312,000News Coverage
Gap Down
CLSN
Calisen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.43B£248.10M-47.421,748
SMS
Smart Metering Systems
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.27B£135.52M8,654.551,361News Coverage
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 302
+4.1%
N/A-19.9%£355.80M£176.56M14.63900Gap Down
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 155.53
+4.8%
N/A-16.2%£250.05M£227.36M13.111,504
XPP
XP Power
3.0992 of 5 stars
GBX 794.24
+1.4%
GBX 1,470
+85.1%
-53.5%£192.16M£289.20M-13.142,435News Coverage
Positive News
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 165.05
+3.2%
N/A+29.7%£192.15M£219.82M8.617,800Trending News
CWR
Ceres Power
2.8503 of 5 stars
GBX 72.13
-0.3%
GBX 340
+371.4%
-63.3%£140.60M£39.90M-3.49591News Coverage
Positive News
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 10.33
-2.7%
N/A-52.5%£88.43M£497,288.65-3.95120Positive News
Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 575
flat
N/A-12.9%£71.16M£93.67M8.76338
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,008.80
+9.1%
N/A-15.7%£66.98M£50.25M8.25338Dividend Increase

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