Volex (VLX) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, VLX or CLSN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volex	£912.80M	0.57	£39.30M	£0.16	1,809.38
Calisen	£248.10M	0.00	N/A	-£5.50	N/A

Is VLX or CLSN more profitable?

Volex has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Calisen's net margin of 0.00%. Volex's return on equity of 14.15% beat Calisen's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.30%	14.15%	6.30%
Calisen	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to VLX or CLSN?

In the previous week, Volex had 6 more articles in the media than Calisen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Volex and 0 mentions for Calisen. Volex's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Calisen's score of 0.00 indicating that Volex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Volex	Positive
Calisen	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLX or CLSN?

Volex received 227 more outperform votes than Calisen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Calisen an outperform vote while only 75.72% of users gave Volex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Volex	Outperform Votes 237 75.72%	Underperform Votes 76 24.28%
Calisen	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VLX or CLSN?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer VLX or CLSN?

Volex currently has a consensus target price of GBX 400, indicating a potential upside of 38.17%. Given Volex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	1 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

Summary

Volex beats Calisen on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.