BB vs. SAP, VDY, DH, LSPD, DCBO, PD, ABST, U, AI, and DV
Should you be buying BlackBerry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackBerry include Saputo (SAP), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Docebo (DCBO), Precision Drilling (PD), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), and Dolly Varden Silver (DV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
BlackBerry vs.
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and BlackBerry (TSE:BB) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Saputo currently has a consensus target price of C$31.29, suggesting a potential upside of 23.12%. Given Saputo's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than BlackBerry.
BlackBerry received 11 more outperform votes than Saputo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.81% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote while only 53.11% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Saputo had 5 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Saputo and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Saputo's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat BlackBerry's score of -1.34 indicating that Saputo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Saputo has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.8% of Saputo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are owned by 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.
Saputo has a net margin of -0.84% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. Saputo's return on equity of -2.20% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.
BlackBerry has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Saputo. Saputo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackBerry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Saputo beats BlackBerry on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
