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Volex (VLX) Competitors

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GBX 306 +1.50 (+0.49%)
As of 12:07 PM 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. Its Competitors

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

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%

In the previous week, Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calisen'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Volex Neutral
Calisen Neutral

Volex presently has a consensus price target of GBX 370, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. 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

35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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.

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

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£1.29B0.55£54.37M£18.5816.47
Calisen£248.10M0.00N/A-£5.50N/A

Summary

Volex beats Calisen on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VLX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£709.72M£3.98B£7.76B£2.91B
Dividend Yield1.21%3.62%4.56%4.90%
P/E Ratio16.479.4925.46124.58
Price / Sales0.551,797.31113.87248,060.34
Price / Cash16.4812.3626.8428.07
Price / Book1.613.294.224.64
Net Income£54.37M-£42.19M£807.24M£5.91B
7 Day Performance3.73%5.32%0.74%12.09%
1 Month Performance14.39%14.40%8.86%22.37%
1 Year Performance-10.53%2.92%25.84%77.36%

Volex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VLX
Volex
1.6827 of 5 stars
GBX 306
+0.5%
GBX 370
+20.9%
-13.6%£709.72M£1.29B16.4712,000Positive News
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£135.52M8,654.551,361
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 299.75
-2.4%
N/A-12.2%£353.15M£176.56M14.52900Positive News
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 146.40
+1.0%
N/A-22.2%£235.37M£227.36M12.341,504
XPP
XP Power
2.5604 of 5 stars
GBX 919.84
-1.9%
GBX 1,470
+59.8%
-45.2%£222.54M£289.20M-15.222,435Gap Up
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 188.60
+1.4%
N/A+39.9%£219.57M£219.82M9.847,800
CWR
Ceres Power
2.9417 of 5 stars
GBX 79.40
+0.8%
GBX 340
+328.2%
-55.9%£154.78M£39.90M-3.84591Gap Down
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 12.51
-0.9%
N/A+9.7%£107.06M£497.29K-4.78120Positive News
Gap Up
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 525
-3.2%
N/A-10.9%£64.97M£93.67M8.00338Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 900
+2.3%
N/A-27.9%£59.75M£50.25M7.36338Dividend Increase

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This page (LON:VLX) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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