Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Competitors

Raging River Exploration (TSE:RRX) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RRX or BLDP?

30.3% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RRX or BLDP more profitable?

Raging River Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -360.17%. Raging River Exploration's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Raging River Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ballard Power Systems	-360.17%	-36.72%	-9.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RRX or BLDP?

Raging River Exploration received 303 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.70% of users gave Raging River Exploration an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Raging River Exploration	Outperform Votes 306 62.70%	Underperform Votes 182 37.30%
Ballard Power Systems	Outperform Votes 3 14.29%	Underperform Votes 18 85.71%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RRX or BLDP?

Raging River Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raging River Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Raging River Exploration	C$471.93M	0.00	C$78.68M	C$0.34	N/A
Ballard Power Systems	C$64.39M	6.26	-C$231.90M	-C$1.56	-1.23

Does the media favor RRX or BLDP?

In the previous week, Raging River Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ballard Power Systems'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Raging River Exploration	Neutral
Ballard Power Systems	Neutral

Summary

Raging River Exploration beats Ballard Power Systems on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.