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Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Competitors

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$1.31 +0.03 (+2.34%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

BLDP vs. THR, RONI, EOSE, EAF, BYRN, FREY, NVX, MVST, AMPX, and DFLI

Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Thermon Group (THR), Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), GrafTech International (EAF), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), FREYR Battery (FREY), NOVONIX (NVX), Microvast (MVST), Amprius Technologies (AMPX), and Dragonfly Energy (DFLI).

Ballard Power Systems vs.

Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) and Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ballard Power Systems$102.37M3.83-$177.72M-$1.10-1.19
Thermon Group$494.63M2.18$51.59M$1.2824.98

Thermon Group has a net margin of 8.89% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -357.78%. Thermon Group's return on equity of 12.08% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ballard Power Systems-357.78% -19.96% -17.98%
Thermon Group 8.89%12.08%7.46%

28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Thermon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Thermon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ballard Power Systems presently has a consensus target price of $2.78, suggesting a potential upside of 112.57%. Thermon Group has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.12%. Given Ballard Power Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ballard Power Systems is more favorable than Thermon Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ballard Power Systems
5 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.73
Thermon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Ballard Power Systems received 152 more outperform votes than Thermon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.06% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ballard Power SystemsOutperform Votes
481
59.98%
Underperform Votes
321
40.02%
Thermon GroupOutperform Votes
329
66.06%
Underperform Votes
169
33.94%

In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Thermon Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 1 mentions for Thermon Group. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Thermon Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ballard Power Systems
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Thermon Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thermon Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Thermon Group beats Ballard Power Systems on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLDP vs. The Competition

MetricBallard Power SystemsElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$392.24M$1.94B$24.49B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A0.59%2.74%4.09%
P/E Ratio-1.1910.94246.5417.83
Price / Sales3.831,340.253,315.04158.41
Price / CashN/A15.9434.0036.29
Price / Book0.552.737.126.50
Net Income-$177.72M-$187.87M$673.84M$226.22M
7 Day Performance2.34%7.13%4.96%4.03%
1 Month Performance-17.61%11.32%6.00%4.92%
1 Year Performance-62.57%-17.06%21.58%29.30%

Ballard Power Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
3.056 of 5 stars
$1.31
+2.3%
$2.78
+112.6%
-62.6%$392.24M$102.37M-1.191,173
THR
Thermon Group
3.8882 of 5 stars
$31.50
+1.0%
$40.00
+27.0%
+3.0%$1.06B$494.63M24.361,416
RONI
Rice Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$12.55
-0.1%
N/A+22.1%$1.52BN/A0.0024Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EOSE
Eos Energy Enterprises
1.3226 of 5 stars
$2.53
+0.8%
$3.90
+54.2%
+154.7%$551.31M$16.38M-1.04250
EAF
GrafTech International
0.3737 of 5 stars
$2.06
-1.0%
$1.75
-15.0%
-16.8%$529.77M$620.50M-1.781,249
BYRN
Byrna Technologies
1.5543 of 5 stars
$20.35
+0.2%
$17.75
-12.8%
+298.3%$463.17M$42.64M224.10150Positive News
FREY
FREYR Battery
0.4453 of 5 stars
$2.48
-2.0%
N/A+53.1%$348.42MN/A-3.33210
NVX
NOVONIX
1.7818 of 5 stars
$1.95
+1.6%
$4.00
+105.1%
-1.5%$240.71M$8.06M0.00N/A
MVST
Microvast
1.9872 of 5 stars
$0.66
+10.9%
$4.50
+587.0%
-30.5%$212.10M$306.62M-1.562,006Gap Up
AMPX
Amprius Technologies
2.6684 of 5 stars
$1.99
+0.3%
$8.17
+311.4%
-52.3%$210.09M$9.05M-4.3880
DFLI
Dragonfly Energy
2.739 of 5 stars
$3.12
-6.2%
$15.66
+401.9%
-21.6%$196.97M$64.39M-0.82180Stock Split
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This page (NASDAQ:BLDP) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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