BlackBerry (BB) Competitors

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) and BlackBerry (TSE:BB) are both mid-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Is VDY or BB more profitable?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity of 0.00% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackBerry	-21.16%	-17.21%	-2.15%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VDY or BB?

48.4% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, VDY or BB?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackBerry.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackBerry	C$424.99M	5.55	-C$89.92M	-C$0.31	-18.36

Do analysts rate VDY or BB?

BlackBerry has a consensus target price of C$4.75, suggesting a potential downside of 16.67%. Given BlackBerry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BlackBerry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media favor VDY or BB?

In the previous week, BlackBerry had 3 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackBerry and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. BlackBerry's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackBerry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Neutral
BlackBerry	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VDY or BB?

BlackBerry received 450 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 53.05% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
BlackBerry	Outperform Votes 461 53.05%	Underperform Votes 408 46.95%

Summary

BlackBerry beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.