VEL vs. HARL, HERC, GELN, EMR, THRU, EAAS, REAT, CPP, BMT, and CTG
Should you be buying Velocity Composites stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Velocity Composites include Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Gelion (GELN), Empresaria Group (EMR), Thruvision Group (THRU), eEnergy Group (EAAS), REACT Group (REAT), CPPGroup (CPP), Braime Group (BMT), and Christie Group (CTG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Velocity Composites (LON:VEL) and Harland & Wolff Group (LON:HARL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Velocity Composites has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harland & Wolff Group. Velocity Composites is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harland & Wolff Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Velocity Composites had 4 more articles in the media than Harland & Wolff Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Velocity Composites and 7 mentions for Harland & Wolff Group. Velocity Composites' average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Harland & Wolff Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Velocity Composites is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Velocity Composites has a net margin of -19.15% compared to Harland & Wolff Group's net margin of -221.09%. Harland & Wolff Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Velocity Composites' return on equity.
Velocity Composites received 88 more outperform votes than Harland & Wolff Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
35.3% of Velocity Composites shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of Harland & Wolff Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.7% of Velocity Composites shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Harland & Wolff Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Velocity Composites has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harland & Wolff Group has a beta of 3.13, indicating that its stock price is 213% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Velocity Composites beats Harland & Wolff Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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