Velocity Financial Inc vs Walker & Dunlop Inc

We do not publish a verdict for Velocity Financial Inc (VEL) and Walker & Dunlop Inc (WD) is undervalued.

We publish an intrinsic value for WD but not for VEL, so the two cannot be ranked on price.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Velocity Financial Inc (VEL)

Discounting its cash flows would put the shares at $329.25: 20 times the price of $16.28. A gap that size says more about a model than about the market. It usually means heavy debt, where a small error in the value of the business becomes a large one in the value of the shares, or a business our method does not describe. We do not publish a verdict on this one.

Leak Score 38/100 on 7 of 12 signals

Walker & Dunlop Inc (WD)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $133.53; the price of $38.32 is 71% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 55/100 on 7 of 12 signals

MetricVELWD
VerdictNo reliable verdictUndervalued
Price$16.28$38.32
Intrinsic value$133.53
Margin of safety+71%
Leak Score38/100 (7/12)55/100 (7/12)
Market cap$643M$1.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years29.4%3.2%
Operating margin87.0%15.2%
Net margin15.4%3.0%
Return on equity16.1%2.2%
Debt to equity9.771.39
P/E6.0x34.2x
Forward P/E5.4x7.0x
P/B0.9x0.8x
Dividend yield7.1%

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