VEL vs. CLSK, BFH, ENVA, FINV, PPBI, NTB, FBK, CASH, NIC, and IREN
Should you be buying Velocity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Financial include CleanSpark (CLSK), Bread Financial (BFH), Enova International (ENVA), FinVolution Group (FINV), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), FB Financial (FBK), Pathward Financial (CASH), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Velocity Financial vs. Its Competitors
Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Velocity Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CleanSpark. CleanSpark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Velocity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CleanSpark received 42 more outperform votes than Velocity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.19% of users gave CleanSpark an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote.
Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CleanSpark has a beta of 4.23, meaning that its stock price is 323% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Velocity Financial currently has a consensus price target of $21.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.34%. CleanSpark has a consensus price target of $20.71, suggesting a potential upside of 113.33%. Given CleanSpark's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CleanSpark is more favorable than Velocity Financial.
97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of CleanSpark shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Velocity Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of CleanSpark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 51.06% compared to CleanSpark's net margin of 16.07%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 14.50% beat CleanSpark's return on equity.
In the previous week, CleanSpark had 7 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CleanSpark and 2 mentions for Velocity Financial. CleanSpark's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Velocity Financial's score of -0.01 indicating that CleanSpark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CleanSpark beats Velocity Financial on 11 of the 18 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 (NYSE:VEL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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