CHPT vs. BLDP, BLNK, LCID, PLUG, RIVN, TSLA, GM, AEVA, CPS, and SERV
Should you be buying ChargePoint stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChargePoint include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Blink Charging (BLNK), Lucid Group (LCID), Plug Power (PLUG), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), and Serve Robotics (SERV).
ChargePoint vs. Its Competitors
ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
ChargePoint currently has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.72%. Ballard Power Systems has a consensus target price of $1.51, indicating a potential downside of 26.16%. Given ChargePoint's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
ChargePoint has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChargePoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ChargePoint had 10 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ChargePoint and 4 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat ChargePoint's score of -0.52 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ChargePoint has a net margin of -66.76% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -409.35%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of -21.52% beat ChargePoint's return on equity.
ChargePoint has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ChargePoint beats Ballard Power Systems on 12 of the 17 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 NYSE 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 (NYSE:CHPT) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
