BLDP vs. THR, NVTS, GDYN, MOMO, HSTM, SNPO, KC, TTGT, KIND, and HIMX
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Thermon Group (THR), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Hello Group (MOMO), HealthStream (HSTM), Snap One (SNPO), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), TechTarget (TTGT), Nextdoor (KIND), and Himax Technologies (HIMX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Ballard Power Systems received 154 more outperform votes than Thermon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
99.8% of Thermon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Thermon Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Thermon Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Thermon Group's net margin of -177.82%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of 14.60% beat Thermon Group's return on equity.
Thermon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 38 more articles in the media than Thermon Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 3 mentions for Thermon Group. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Thermon Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Thermon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thermon Group has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Thermon Group presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.60%. Ballard Power Systems has a consensus price target of $3.74, indicating a potential upside of 23.86%. Given Thermon Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ballard Power Systems is more favorable than Thermon Group.
Summary
Thermon Group beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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