BLNK vs. BLDP, CHPT, INVZ, NIU, STRT, HYLN, NWTN, MPAA, FFAI, and FFIE
Should you be buying Blink Charging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Blink Charging include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), ChargePoint (CHPT), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Niu Technologies (NIU), Strattec Security (STRT), Hyliion (HYLN), NWTN (NWTN), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFAI), and Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE).
Blink Charging vs. Its Competitors
Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) are related small-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
44.6% of Blink Charging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Blink Charging 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Blink Charging had 10 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Blink Charging and 3 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Blink Charging's score of 0.46 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blink Charging currently has a consensus price target of $2.13, suggesting a potential upside of 74.86%. Ballard Power Systems has a consensus price target of $1.51, suggesting a potential downside of 25.44%. Given Blink Charging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blink Charging is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Blink Charging has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blink Charging has a net margin of -203.81% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -409.35%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of -21.52% beat Blink Charging's return on equity.
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.
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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This page (NASDAQ:BLNK) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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