VLX vs. CLSN, SMS, TFW, CWR, XPP, SUP, LUCE, AFC, DIA, and IKA
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), Ceres Power (CWR), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Luceco (LUCE), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), and Ilika (IKA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Volex vs. Its Competitors
Volex (LON:VLX) and Calisen (LON:CLSN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
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.
35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Volex had 2 more articles in the media than Calisen. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Calisen. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Calisen's score of 0.00 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Volex presently has a consensus price target of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Volex is more favorable than Calisen.
Summary
Volex beats Calisen on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:VLX) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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