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BlackBerry (BB) Competitors

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C$5.79 -0.11 (-1.86%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BB vs. VDY, DH, LSPD, DV, PD, DCBO, ABST, U, AI, and FSY

Should you be buying BlackBerry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackBerry include Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Precision Drilling (PD), Docebo (DCBO), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), and Forsys Metals (FSY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

BlackBerry vs. Its Competitors

BlackBerry (TSE:BB) and Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BlackBerry had 1 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackBerry and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat BlackBerry's score of -1.00 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackBerry Negative
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF Neutral

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlackBerry.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackBerryC$424.99M5.64-C$89.92M-C$0.31-18.65
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

48.4% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are held 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.

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity of 0.00% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackBerry-21.16% -17.21% -2.15%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF N/A N/A N/A

BlackBerry presently has a consensus target price of C$4.75, suggesting a potential downside of 17.96%. Given BlackBerry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlackBerry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

BlackBerry beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BB vs. The Competition

MetricBlackBerrySoftware IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$2.40BC$345.53MC$27.52BC$6.17B
Dividend Yield3.44%3.26%3.13%6.72%
P/E Ratio-18.6511.4637.1856.52
Price / Sales5.6458,499.091,893.641,068.65
Price / Cash5.3915.5138.4183.29
Price / Book4.718.677.184.66
Net Income-C$89.92M-C$18.35MC$763.56MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.70%-1.21%1.31%0.66%
1 Month Performance0.52%4.30%4.75%3.50%
1 Year Performance75.45%24.64%52,367.70%27.52%

BlackBerry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BB
BlackBerry
1.0243 of 5 stars
C$5.79
-1.9%
C$4.75
-18.0%
+73.9%C$2.40BC$424.99M-18.653,320
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$52.11
-0.3%
N/A+20.0%C$3.58BN/A0.00790
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
1.3427 of 5 stars
C$15.90
+0.2%
C$18.30
+15.1%
-14.8%C$1.73BC$740.40M-14.131,800
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
0.3724 of 5 stars
C$4.80
+2.3%
C$1.60
-66.7%
+338.5%C$1.48BN/A-61.58800News Coverage
PD
Precision Drilling
4.0441 of 5 stars
C$67.85
-0.4%
C$93.00
+37.1%
-25.2%C$965.51MC$1.95B3.99950
DCBO
Docebo
1.1006 of 5 stars
C$39.60
-0.1%
C$60.67
+53.2%
-24.1%C$846.20MC$147.27M47.07730
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65M-C$147.48M-4.437,700
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.1327 of 5 stars
C$11.25
+0.8%
C$12.78
+13.6%
+3.4%C$533.57MC$78.44M10.68700
FSY
Forsys Metals
N/AC$0.58
-1.7%
N/A-18.2%C$116.19MN/A-25.7420,300High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:BB) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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