VLN vs. ESP, TII, MXL, TZS, MEI, SPI, NXT, CASA, CRU, and VAN
Should you be buying Velan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velan include Brompton Energy Split (ESP), Terra Firma Capital (TII), MX Gold (MXL), Trez Capital Senior Mortgage Investment (TZS), Manitok Energy (MEI), Canadian Spirit Resources (SPI), Natcore Technology (NXT), Casa Minerals (CASA), Cameo Cobalt (CRU), and Vangold Mining (VAN). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Velan vs.
Brompton Energy Split (TSE:ESP) and Velan (TSE:VLN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Brompton Energy Split has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Velan. Brompton Energy Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Velan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brompton Energy Split has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Velan's net margin of -2.75%. Brompton Energy Split's return on equity of 0.00% beat Velan's return on equity.
Brompton Energy Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. Velan pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Brompton Energy Split pays out -1,449.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Velan pays out -15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brompton Energy Split is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
16.0% of Velan shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of Velan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Velan had 3 more articles in the media than Brompton Energy Split. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Velan and 0 mentions for Brompton Energy Split. Brompton Energy Split's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Velan'saverage media sentiment score.
Brompton Energy Split received 83 more outperform votes than Velan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Brompton Energy Split an outperform vote while only 49.26% of users gave Velan an outperform vote.
Summary
Brompton Energy Split beats Velan on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VLN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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