BLDP vs. SIS, ATS, MTL, BDT, ARE, AFN, BBD.A, WTE, AND, and BDGI
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Savaria (SIS), ATS (ATS), Mullen Group (MTL), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), Ag Growth International (AFN), Bombardier (BBD.A), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), and Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Savaria has a consensus target price of C$22.64, indicating a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Savaria's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
31.9% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Savaria shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Savaria shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Savaria had 28 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Savaria and 0 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Savaria has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Savaria has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. Savaria's return on equity of 7.55% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
Savaria received 273 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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