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

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), LSI Industries (LYTS), Eaton (ETN), Emerson Electric (EMR), Roper Technologies (ROP), AMETEK (AME), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Acuity (AYI), and Generac (GNRC).

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, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

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

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

In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 4 more articles in the media than FuelCell Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 0 mentions for FuelCell Energy. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat FuelCell Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FuelCell Energy Neutral
Ballard Power Systems Positive

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$112.13M1.11-$126.01M-$7.52-0.73
Ballard Power Systems$69.73M7.51-$324.24M-$1.02-1.71

FuelCell Energy presently has a consensus target price of $9.86, indicating a potential upside of 80.06%. Ballard Power Systems has a consensus target price of $2.09, indicating a potential upside of 19.59%. Given FuelCell Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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

Summary

FuelCell Energy beats Ballard Power Systems on 10 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$125.35M$9.25B$7.62B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A4.39%10.91%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.7331.4161.3620.25
Price / Sales1.1163.7721,883.76118.18
Price / CashN/A19.7236.2458.07
Price / Book0.204.293.345.67
Net Income-$126.01M$283.98M$4.21B$249.21M
7 Day Performance-0.64%3.82%1.85%3.27%
1 Month Performance5.29%7.58%5.87%5.55%
1 Year Performance-71.25%35.92%103.16%21.08%

FuelCell Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCEL
FuelCell Energy
3.886 of 5 stars
$5.48
+2.9%
$9.86
+80.1%
-72.3%$125.35M$112.13M-0.73510Gap Up
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
1.5918 of 5 stars
$1.59
+8.9%
$2.09
+31.4%
-23.7%$476.76M$69.73M-1.561,370
PLUG
Plug Power
4.6439 of 5 stars
$1.49
+28.4%
$1.83
+22.7%
-41.1%$1.71B$628.81M-0.603,224Trending News
High Trading Volume
LYTS
LSI Industries
4.6149 of 5 stars
$17.01
-0.4%
$26.00
+52.9%
+26.1%$508.94M$469.64M23.631,970
ETN
Eaton
4.208 of 5 stars
$357.63
+1.2%
$368.78
+3.1%
+13.7%$139.94B$24.88B36.0994,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.4593 of 5 stars
$133.45
+0.2%
$136.47
+2.3%
+25.3%$75.07B$17.49B31.9385,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ROP
Roper Technologies
4.4248 of 5 stars
$566.84
+0.6%
$632.36
+11.6%
+2.2%$60.94B$7.24B39.5315,800Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.0485 of 5 stars
$181.20
+0.4%
$197.89
+9.2%
+10.8%$41.84B$6.94B29.6619,600Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
4.8048 of 5 stars
$332.15
+0.7%
$317.79
-4.3%
+30.3%$37.44B$8.26B41.8326,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AYI
Acuity
4.5111 of 5 stars
$298.86
-1.5%
$340.60
+14.0%
+25.4%$9.16B$3.84B23.5513,200Insider Trade
GNRC
Generac
4.11 of 5 stars
$143.52
+0.8%
$169.17
+17.9%
+10.4%$8.48B$4.35B25.009,239News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:FCEL) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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