Acadian Timber (ADN) Competitors

Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is BLDP or ADN more profitable?

Acadian Timber has a net margin of 26.53% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -178.83%. Acadian Timber's return on equity of 10.06% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ballard Power Systems	-178.83%	-15.46%	-9.42%
Acadian Timber	26.53%	10.06%	2.84%

Does the media prefer BLDP or ADN?

In the previous week, Acadian Timber had 7 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Acadian Timber and 4 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Acadian Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Acadian Timber is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ballard Power Systems	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Acadian Timber	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BLDP or ADN?

Acadian Timber has a consensus price target of C$20.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Acadian Timber's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadian Timber is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ballard Power Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Acadian Timber	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BLDP or ADN?

Acadian Timber has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, 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
Ballard Power Systems	C$104.27M	6.89	-C$156.14M	-C$0.71	-3.38
Acadian Timber	C$120.41M	2.57	C$31.94M	C$1.86	9.48

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLDP or ADN?

Acadian Timber received 211 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ballard Power Systems	Outperform Votes 3 14.29%	Underperform Votes 18 85.71%
Acadian Timber	Outperform Votes 214 61.49%	Underperform Votes 134 38.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BLDP or ADN?

30.3% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.4% of Acadian Timber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BLDP or ADN?

Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acadian Timber beats Ballard Power Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.