Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Competitors

C$3.86
-0.35 (-8.31%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

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 vs.

Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ballard Power Systems-173.61% -13.41% -8.64%
Savaria 4.52%7.55%4.46%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ballard Power SystemsOutperform Votes
3
14.29%
Underperform Votes
18
85.71%
SavariaOutperform Votes
276
69.00%
Underperform Votes
124
31.00%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Savaria has a consensus price target of C$22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 31.04%. Given Savaria's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ballard Power Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Savaria
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ballard Power SystemsC$102.37M11.29-C$144.21M-C$0.66-5.85
SavariaC$836.95M1.46C$37.84MC$0.5730.32

In the previous week, Savaria had 12 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Savaria and 6 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of -0.09 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ballard Power Systems
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Savaria
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BLDP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BLDP vs. The Competition

MetricBallard Power SystemsSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.16BC$5.00BC$4.30BC$5.44B
Dividend Yield4.65%2.45%3.85%5.55%
P/E Ratio-5.85251.78305.8921.47
Price / Sales11.292,858.70591.351,785.84
Price / Cash2.298.9528.0179.76
Price / Book1.162.484.063.22
Net Income-C$144.21MC$307.98MC$219.69MC$293.62M
7 Day Performance0.78%2.49%1.36%1.39%
1 Month Performance-5.16%2.78%1.31%0.92%
1 Year Performance-34.69%4.72%20.24%23.67%

Ballard Power Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SIS
Savaria
3.724 of 5 stars
C$16.95
-1.3%
C$21.64
+27.7%
+4.6%C$1.20BC$836.95M29.742,450Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ATS
ATS
2.4364 of 5 stars
C$45.23
+1.2%
C$65.43
+44.7%
N/AC$4.44BC$2.97B27.587,000Upcoming Earnings
MTL
Mullen Group
4.3163 of 5 stars
C$12.69
-1.2%
C$17.89
+41.0%
-16.6%C$1.12BC$1.96B9.267,400
BDT
Bird Construction
2.4236 of 5 stars
C$19.92
-1.5%
C$21.21
+6.5%
+142.3%C$1.07BC$2.80B14.985,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
ARE
Aecon Group
3.1684 of 5 stars
C$17.04
+0.5%
C$19.17
+12.5%
+37.4%C$1.06BC$4.38B7.938,684
AFN
Ag Growth International
3.2731 of 5 stars
C$49.80
+0.7%
C$78.22
+57.1%
-10.4%C$946.70MC$1.53B14.48N/A
BBD.A
Bombardier
0.4639 of 5 stars
C$73.45
0.0%
C$60.00
-18.3%
+28.9%C$907.11MC$8.05B11.4956,920
WTE
Westshore Terminals Investment
1.1846 of 5 stars
C$23.93
-2.8%
C$27.38
+14.4%
-19.8%C$1.50BC$366.73M12.87423Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
AND
Andlauer Healthcare Group
3.3325 of 5 stars
C$40.58
+0.7%
C$49.43
+21.8%
-18.4%C$790.50MC$647.95M26.182,290News Coverage
BDGI
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
3.2033 of 5 stars
C$44.45
-2.0%
C$53.06
+19.4%
+55.8%C$1.53BC$702.15M27.442,433

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This page (TSE:BLDP) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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