WULF vs. VEL, QD, CCAP, RWAY, HUT, MDBH, LDI, GHI, HIVE, and LX
Should you be buying TeraWulf stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TeraWulf include Velocity Financial (VEL), Qudian (QD), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Runway Growth Finance (RWAY), Hut 8 (HUT), MDB Capital (MDBH), loanDepot (LDI), Greystone Housing Impact Investors (GHI), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
62.5% of TeraWulf shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of TeraWulf shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Velocity Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 48.51% compared to TeraWulf's net margin of -106.06%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 12.91% beat TeraWulf's return on equity.
Velocity Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TeraWulf.
TeraWulf has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TeraWulf had 14 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for TeraWulf and 6 mentions for Velocity Financial. Velocity Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat TeraWulf's score of 0.28 indicating that Velocity Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TeraWulf currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.59%. Velocity Financial has a consensus price target of $15.88, suggesting a potential downside of 11.85%. Given TeraWulf's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TeraWulf is more favorable than Velocity Financial.
Velocity Financial received 80 more outperform votes than TeraWulf when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.86% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave TeraWulf an outperform vote.
Summary
Velocity Financial beats TeraWulf on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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