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Velocity Financial, Inc.VELCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Finance/Rental/Leasing
Momentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$696M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
62%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.71M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.96×
price to book
ROE
16.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
125 days
11 Mar 2027
Close · USD$17.63
1D+1.0%
1W+12.2%
1M+18.2%
3M-3.7%
6M-3.3%
YTD-15.1%
1Y-6.3%
ATR %4.0%
Beta0.22
52w lowhigh17.6% off high

What Velocity Financial does

Employees: 371

Velocity Financial at a glance

Size Velocity Financial (VEL) is a United States Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $696M, the 2486th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $17.63 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.3%, against -5.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 31.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.7%); the operating margin is 87.0% (peer median 26.6%).

Valuation It trades at 0.96× book value against a peer median of 1.06× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.5%; Velocity Financial delivers 16.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026VEL 103Peer median 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Velocity Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Velocity Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$688M$626M$451M$339M$254M
Revenue growth—+39%+33%+34%—
Gross profit$623M$563M$407M$306M$239M
EBITDA$606M$519M$371M$279M$203M
Net income$106M$104M$67.6M$51.5M$31.7M
Free cash flow$24.0M$16.7M$37.1M$60.9M$47.4M
Capital expenditure$263,000$281,000$289,000$180,000$326,000
Total debt$7.05B$6.54B$4.86B$3.84B$3.28B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Velocity Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%GDOT28589699WRLDFPRINDIASHLTRJDO3660FINVFCHPAISALOMKP6623LFSFEDFINATFCILTDNAVIVEL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Velocity Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%00×20×40×GDOT28589699WRLDFPRINDIASHLTR3660FINVRFAKISSHTFCHPAISALORENTOMOJOMKP6623TFCILTDNAVIVELReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Velocity Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%60%0%25%50%GDOT28589699WRLDFPRJDORFAFCHPAISALOMKPFEDFINATFCILTDNAVIVELROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Velocity Financial is the large dot.

Velocity Financial competitors and peer comparison

How Velocity Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Velocity Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureVELPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+18.2%-4.3%highest of 21
6-month return-3.3%-5.4%9th highest of 19
Return on equity16.1%12.3%5th highest of 21
Price / book0.96×1.06×11th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E6.5×11.9×4th cheapest of 17
ROE the price implies8.5%8.6%11th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered16.1%11.9%2nd highest of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Velocity Financial VELUnited States$696M-3%+32%16%0.96×8.5%16.1%
Green Dot GDOTUnited States$697M-3%+18%-3%0.74×7.8%-2.8%
Yixin 2858.HKHong Kong$695M-58%+18%8%0.28×5.5%8.1%
Nishio 9699.TJapan$722M-5%-2%8%0.79×4.4%7.8%
World Acceptance WRLDUnited States$671M0%+5%14%1.92×18.4%14.1%
FleetPartners FPR.AXAustralia$723M+78%+4%12%1.67×12.7%12.2%
India Shelter Finance INDIASHLTR.NSIndia$727M-26%+25%17%2.12×21.3%n/a
Judo Capital JDO.AXAustralia$728M-32%+12%6%0.59×8.7%6.4%
Qfin 3660.HKHong Kong$664M-60%-8%15%0.18×4.1%15.1%
FinVolution Group Sponsored ADR FINVUnited States$740M-43%-2%12%0.29×4.1%11.7%
RFA Financial RFA.TOCanada$741M-6%+32%-14%0.74×5.5%-13.8%
Onemi Technology Solutions KISSHT.NSIndia$652Mn/a+63%24%2.97×21.9%n/a
Funding Circle FCH.LUnited Kingdom$744M+49%+53%29%2.30×26.2%28.5%
Paisalo Digital PAISALO.NSIndia$752M+52%+24%15%3.56×49.6%14.7%
Rentomojo RENTOMOJO.NSIndia$638Mn/a+45%44%18.75×176.8%n/a
MCAN Mortgage MKP.TOCanada$635M-13%+14%13%1.33×8.4%12.8%
Lufax 6623.HKHong Kong$773M-59%+5%-3%0.07×3.8%n/a
Latitude LFS.AXAustralia$623M-6%+4%9%0.70×7.6%8.7%
Fedbank Financial Services FEDFINA.NSIndia$621M+3%+20%15%1.85×15.9%14.8%
Tourism Finance Corporation of India TFCILTD.NSIndia$787M+92%+28%12%5.34×65.6%12.4%
Navient NAVIUnited States$790M-1%-17%-2%0.33×5.6%-2.0%

Questions

Which companies are Velocity Financial's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Green Dot (GDOT), Yixin (2858.HK), Nishio (9699.T), World Acceptance (WRLD), FleetPartners (FPR.AX), India Shelter Finance (INDIASHLTR.NS), Judo Capital (JDO.AX), Qfin (3660.HK).
Is Velocity Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.96× against a peer median of 1.06×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.5%; Velocity Financial delivers 16.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Velocity Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.3% against -5.4% for the median peer; over one year -6.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.