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FCEL vs. BLDP, PLUG, ETN, EMR, ROP, AME, ROK, AYI, GNRC, and ENPH

Should you be buying FuelCell Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FuelCell Energy include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Plug Power (PLUG), Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Acuity (AYI), Generac (GNRC), and Enphase Energy (ENPH).

FuelCell Energy vs. Its Competitors

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

FuelCell Energy has a net margin of -108.52% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -430.17%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of -20.41% beat FuelCell Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FuelCell Energy-108.52% -21.16% -15.03%
Ballard Power Systems -430.17%-20.41%-17.90%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FuelCell Energy$112.13M1.09-$126.01M-$7.52-0.71
Ballard Power Systems$69.73M8.04-$324.24M-$1.02-1.83

FuelCell Energy has a beta of 4.09, meaning that its share price is 309% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

FuelCell Energy presently has a consensus price target of $9.86, indicating a potential upside of 83.58%. Ballard Power Systems has a consensus price target of $2.09, indicating a potential upside of 11.73%. Given FuelCell Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FuelCell Energy is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FuelCell Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Ballard Power Systems
6 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.72

In the previous week, FuelCell Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for FuelCell Energy and 9 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. FuelCell Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of 0.87 indicating that FuelCell Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ballard Power Systems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

42.8% of FuelCell Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of FuelCell Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

FuelCell Energy beats Ballard Power Systems on 12 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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FCEL vs. The Competition

MetricFuelCell EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$122.39M$9.22B$7.79B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A4.62%10.93%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.7130.5064.2720.27
Price / Sales1.0965.2521,159.33100.92
Price / CashN/A19.4136.3557.67
Price / Book0.154.453.765.49
Net Income-$126.01M$283.98M$4.23B$250.45M
7 Day Performance-1.92%-0.79%0.78%4.78%
1 Month Performance-10.95%2.77%1.05%9.58%
1 Year Performance-74.22%24.34%9.12%16.41%

FuelCell Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCEL
FuelCell Energy
4.2129 of 5 stars
$5.37
-6.4%
$9.86
+83.6%
-74.2%$122.39M$112.13M-0.71510Trending News
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
1.0912 of 5 stars
$1.70
-4.0%
$2.09
+22.9%
-30.0%$509.75M$69.73M-1.671,370Options Volume
Gap Down
PLUG
Plug Power
4.2985 of 5 stars
$1.37
-6.8%
$1.83
+33.5%
-47.2%$1.57B$628.81M-0.553,224Trending News
Analyst Revision
ETN
Eaton
4.3011 of 5 stars
$358.67
-1.0%
$369.06
+2.9%
+9.1%$140.35B$25.31B36.1994,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.7206 of 5 stars
$138.40
-1.0%
$139.21
+0.6%
+22.2%$77.85B$17.49B33.1173,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.3876 of 5 stars
$566.00
-1.2%
$632.36
+11.7%
-2.0%$60.85B$7.24B39.4715,800News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
AME
AMETEK
3.7313 of 5 stars
$182.30
-1.0%
$197.89
+8.6%
+6.8%$42.09B$6.94B29.8421,500Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
4.7206 of 5 stars
$338.67
-2.4%
$327.20
-3.4%
+21.1%$38.17B$8.26B42.6527,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AYI
Acuity
4.726 of 5 stars
$306.38
+0.3%
$340.60
+11.2%
+22.0%$9.39B$3.84B24.1413,200Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.0823 of 5 stars
$148.50
-2.5%
$169.17
+13.9%
-2.1%$8.77B$4.30B25.879,239Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.8952 of 5 stars
$42.46
-0.3%
$65.44
+54.1%
-64.9%$5.57B$1.33B39.312,781Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCEL) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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