BlackBerry (BB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	4.57	-C$89.92M	-C$0.31	-15.11

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 believe 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend VDY or BB?

BlackBerry has a consensus price target of C$4.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.28%. Given BlackBerry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 refer more to VDY or BB?

In the previous week, Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF had 3 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.00 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

BlackBerry beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.