Velocity Financial, Inc.

NYSE:VEL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$660.6m

Velocity Financial Valuation

Is VEL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VEL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: VEL ($20.08) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($15.36)

Significantly Below Fair Value: VEL is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for VEL?

Key metric: As VEL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for VEL. This is calculated by dividing VEL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is VEL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.3x
EarningsUS$64.38m
Market CapUS$660.64m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does VEL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for VEL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.9x
MBIN Merchants Bancorp
6.8x0.9%US$1.8b
AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage
13.2x8.4%US$2.2b
ONIT Onity Group
16.4x31.4%US$236.6m
GHI Greystone Housing Impact Investors
19.1x108.1%US$266.0m
VEL Velocity Financial
10.3x6.4%US$660.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VEL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the peer average (13.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VEL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FOA Finance of America Companies
1.6x-143.9%US$494.84m
PMIR PMI Group
1.2xn/aUS$6.80m
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
2xn/aUS$598.94k
No more companies available in this PE range
VEL 10.3xIndustry Avg. 18.5xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VEL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VEL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VEL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.3x
Fair PE Ratio12.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VEL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst VEL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$20.08
US$21.50
+7.1%
5.2%US$23.00US$20.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$19.05
US$20.75
+8.9%
4.0%US$22.00US$20.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$19.42
US$20.75
+6.8%
4.0%US$22.00US$20.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$18.77
US$20.75
+10.5%
4.0%US$22.00US$20.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$18.65
US$19.75
+5.9%
7.5%US$22.00US$18.00n/a4
Jul ’25US$18.06
US$19.75
+9.4%
7.5%US$22.00US$18.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$18.50
US$19.75
+6.8%
7.5%US$22.00US$18.00n/a4
May ’25US$17.15
US$18.75
+9.3%
4.4%US$20.00US$18.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$17.50
US$18.38
+5.0%
5.2%US$20.00US$17.50n/a4
Mar ’25US$16.22
US$15.80
-2.6%
10.7%US$17.50US$13.50n/a5
Feb ’25US$15.90
US$15.80
-0.6%
10.7%US$17.50US$13.50n/a5
Jan ’25US$17.22
US$15.60
-9.4%
10.2%US$17.50US$13.50n/a5
Dec ’24US$14.65
US$14.60
-0.3%
10.0%US$17.50US$13.50n/a5
Nov ’24US$11.48
US$14.40
+25.4%
11.1%US$17.50US$13.00US$19.055
Oct ’24US$11.30
US$14.75
+30.5%
10.9%US$17.50US$13.50US$19.424
Sep ’24US$12.20
US$14.75
+20.9%
10.9%US$17.50US$13.50US$18.774
Aug ’24US$12.40
US$11.88
-4.2%
4.6%US$12.50US$11.00US$18.654
Jul ’24US$11.53
US$11.38
-1.3%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$18.064
Jun ’24US$8.74
US$11.38
+30.1%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$18.504
May ’24US$8.80
US$11.38
+29.3%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$17.154
Apr ’24US$9.03
US$11.38
+26.0%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$17.504
Mar ’24US$9.73
US$11.38
+16.9%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$16.224
Feb ’24US$10.50
US$11.38
+8.3%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$15.904
Jan ’24US$9.65
US$11.38
+17.9%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$17.224
Dec ’23US$10.11
US$11.38
+12.5%
8.4%US$12.50US$10.00US$14.654
Nov ’23US$9.38
US$14.00
+49.3%
15.2%US$17.00US$11.00US$11.484

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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