MTL vs. BLDP, SIS, ARE, BDT, AFN, AND, BBD.A, WJX, BDGI, and DBM
Should you be buying Mullen Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mullen Group include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Savaria (SIS), Aecon Group (ARE), Bird Construction (BDT), Ag Growth International (AFN), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Bombardier (BBD.A), Wajax (WJX), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Doman Building Materials Group (DBM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
33.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Mullen Group had 8 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mullen Group and 1 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Mullen Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of -0.05 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mullen Group received 339 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.94% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.49% compared to Mullen Group's net margin of -173.61%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of 13.19% beat Mullen Group's return on equity.
Mullen Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mullen Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mullen Group has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mullen Group has a consensus price target of C$17.89, suggesting a potential upside of 41.86%. Given Ballard Power Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Summary
Mullen Group beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Mullen Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MTL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MTL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Mullen Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
