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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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 media prefer RRX or BLDP?

In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Raging River Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 0 mentions for Raging River Exploration. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Raging River Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Raging River Exploration	Neutral
Ballard Power Systems	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & 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	7.47	-C$231.90M	-C$1.56	-1.46

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Summary

Raging River Exploration beats Ballard Power Systems on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.