VEL vs. PPBI, IBTX, ENVA, FBK, AVAL, INTR, HUT, TFIN, CIFR, and PWP
Should you be buying Velocity Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Financial include Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Enova International (ENVA), FB Financial (FBK), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (AVAL), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Hut 8 (HUT), Triumph Financial (TFIN), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Velocity Financial vs.
Velocity Financial (NYSE:VEL) and Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Velocity Financial has a net margin of 51.06% compared to Pacific Premier Bancorp's net margin of 0.00%. Velocity Financial's return on equity of 14.50% beat Pacific Premier Bancorp's return on equity.
97.5% of Velocity Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Velocity Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Pacific Premier Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Velocity Financial has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Premier Bancorp has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Velocity Financial presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.75%. Pacific Premier Bancorp has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.02%. Given Velocity Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Velocity Financial is more favorable than Pacific Premier Bancorp.
Velocity Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pacific Premier Bancorp. Pacific Premier Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Velocity Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pacific Premier Bancorp had 6 more articles in the media than Velocity Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pacific Premier Bancorp and 1 mentions for Velocity Financial. Pacific Premier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Velocity Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Premier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pacific Premier Bancorp received 245 more outperform votes than Velocity Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.71% of users gave Velocity Financial an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Pacific Premier Bancorp an outperform vote.
Summary
Velocity Financial beats Pacific Premier Bancorp on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VEL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
