BLDP vs. SIS, ATS, AFN, ARE, BDT, MTL, AND, BBD.A, WTE, and DBM
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Savaria (SIS), ATS (ATS), Ag Growth International (AFN), Aecon Group (ARE), Bird Construction (BDT), Mullen Group (MTL), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Bombardier (BBD.A), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), and Doman Building Materials Group (DBM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Savaria (TSE:SIS) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Savaria has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Savaria and Savaria both had 3 articles in the media. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Savaria's score of -0.52 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Savaria has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Savaria's net margin of -173.61%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of 7.55% beat Savaria's return on equity.
Savaria received 273 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Savaria currently has a consensus price target of C$21.64, suggesting a potential upside of 27.91%. Given Ballard Power Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
28.0% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Savaria shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Savaria has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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