VEL vs. CFX, OFG, FCAP, OBT, PFC, TRIN, SOS, HARL, ING, and SPO
Should you be buying Velocity Composites stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Composites include Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), Petrofac (PFC), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Sosandar (SOS), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Ingenta (ING), and Sportech (SPO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Velocity Composites vs. Its Competitors
Velocity Composites (LON:VEL) and Colefax Group (LON:CFX) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Velocity Composites' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Colefax Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Colefax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Velocity Composites. Velocity Composites is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colefax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Velocity Composites presently has a consensus price target of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 140.24%. Given Velocity Composites' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Velocity Composites is more favorable than Colefax Group.
40.9% of Velocity Composites shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Colefax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.1% of Velocity Composites shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Colefax Group 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.
Colefax Group has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Velocity Composites' net margin of -11.83%. Colefax Group's return on equity of 18.88% beat Velocity Composites' return on equity.
Velocity Composites has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colefax Group has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Colefax Group beats Velocity Composites on 8 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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This page (LON:VEL) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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