VEL vs. FBK, PPBI, INTR, FINV, PWP, IREN, MBIN, NTB, CASH, and NIC
Should you be buying Velocity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Financial include FB Financial (FBK), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Iris Energy (IREN), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (NTB), Pathward Financial (CASH), and Nicolet Bankshares (NIC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Velocity Financial vs.
FB Financial (NYSE:FBK) and Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
65.4% of FB Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of FB Financial 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.
FB Financial has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FB Financial presently has a consensus price target of $50.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.09%. Velocity Financial has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.79%. Given Velocity Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Velocity Financial is more favorable than FB Financial.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 51.06% compared to FB Financial's net margin of 15.18%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 14.50% beat FB Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, FB Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FB Financial and 1 mentions for Velocity Financial. FB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Velocity Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that FB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FB Financial received 143 more outperform votes than Velocity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.71% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave FB Financial an outperform vote.
FB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Velocity Financial. Velocity Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FB Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FB Financial and Velocity Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VEL) was last updated on 3/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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