BB vs. SAP, VDY, DH, LSPD, DCBO, PD, ABST, U, DV, and AI
Should you be buying BlackBerry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackBerry include Saputo (SAP), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Docebo (DCBO), Precision Drilling (PD), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), and Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
BlackBerry vs. Its Competitors
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and BlackBerry (TSE:BB) are both computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Saputo has a net margin of -0.84% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. Saputo's return on equity of -2.20% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.
25.5% of Saputo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Saputo presently has a consensus price target of C$34.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of C$4.75, suggesting a potential downside of 28.89%. Given Saputo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than BlackBerry.
In the previous week, Saputo had 1 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Saputo and 2 mentions for BlackBerry. BlackBerry's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Saputo's score of 0.49 indicating that BlackBerry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackBerry has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saputo.
Saputo has a beta of 0.066961, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 0.977399, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Saputo beats BlackBerry on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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 (TSE:BB) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
