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BLDP vs. BLNK, FCEL, PLUG, RUN, CHPT, ENR, FLNC, EOSE, MVST, and AMPX

Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Blink Charging (BLNK), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Plug Power (PLUG), Sunrun (RUN), ChargePoint (CHPT), Energizer (ENR), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Microvast (MVST), and Amprius Technologies (AMPX).

Ballard Power Systems vs. Its Competitors

Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) and Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) are related small-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Blink Charging shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Blink Charging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blink Charging has a beta of 3.22, indicating that its share price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Blink Charging has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blink Charging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ballard Power Systems$69.73M9.03-$324.24M-$1.02-2.06
Blink Charging$126.20M0.94-$198.13M-$1.99-0.58

Ballard Power Systems presently has a consensus target price of $2.14, suggesting a potential upside of 1.87%. Blink Charging has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 106.90%. Given Blink Charging's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blink Charging is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ballard Power Systems
6 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.72
Blink Charging
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Blink Charging has a net margin of -184.37% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -430.17%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of -20.41% beat Blink Charging's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ballard Power Systems-430.17% -20.41% -17.90%
Blink Charging -184.37%-39.14%-24.69%

In the previous week, Blink Charging had 3 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Blink Charging and 6 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Blink Charging's score of 0.40 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Blink Charging beats Ballard Power Systems on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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 SystemsUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$605.70M$24.90B$16.12B$9.47B
Dividend YieldN/A3.67%5.28%3.99%
P/E Ratio-2.0634.5320.1819.95
Price / Sales9.034.16184.99100.93
Price / CashN/A8.9619.1158.97
Price / Book0.932.272.175.90
Net Income-$324.24M$1.43B$751.46M$258.42M
7 Day Performance11.11%1.76%0.91%2.11%
1 Month Performance50.00%4.22%23.40%12.44%
1 Year Performance-6.67%19.88%181.91%19.55%

Ballard Power Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
0.6272 of 5 stars
$2.10
+4.0%
$2.14
+1.9%
-5.8%$605.70M$69.73M-2.061,370High Trading Volume
BLNK
Blink Charging
2.8356 of 5 stars
$0.96
-0.7%
$2.47
+157.4%
-63.6%$98.61M$126.20M-0.48200Analyst Forecast
FCEL
FuelCell Energy
4.2715 of 5 stars
$5.25
-2.2%
$9.86
+87.8%
-63.9%$119.65M$112.13M-0.70510Positive News
PLUG
Plug Power
3.6456 of 5 stars
$1.57
-3.1%
$1.83
+16.5%
-27.2%$1.80B$628.81M-0.643,224Trending News
Analyst Forecast
RUN
Sunrun
4.6222 of 5 stars
$10.36
+2.5%
$14.30
+38.1%
-38.5%$2.37B$2.04B-0.8511,058Gap Up
CHPT
ChargePoint
1.6086 of 5 stars
$0.64
-3.2%
$1.39
+117.8%
-67.6%$293.25M$417.08M-1.071,395
ENR
Energizer
3.8725 of 5 stars
$22.06
-3.0%
$31.63
+43.4%
-21.9%$1.59B$2.89B30.225,600Positive News
FLNC
Fluence Energy
1.9781 of 5 stars
$7.94
-2.8%
$7.58
-4.6%
-39.9%$1.44B$2.33B-36.091,595Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
EOSE
Eos Energy Enterprises
0.8264 of 5 stars
$5.37
+16.0%
$6.50
+21.0%
+243.8%$1.22B$15.61M-1.21250Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
MVST
Microvast
0.9851 of 5 stars
$3.18
+5.6%
$3.00
-5.7%
+728.8%$1.03B$414.94M-7.401,921Gap Up
AMPX
Amprius Technologies
2.4668 of 5 stars
$6.75
+4.7%
$10.17
+50.7%
+590.5%$795.42M$32.52M-16.4550Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:BLDP) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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