Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Competitors

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

Is BLDP or RRX more profitable?

Raging River Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -360.17%. Raging River Exploration's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ballard Power Systems	-360.17%	-36.72%	-9.42%
Raging River Exploration	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BLDP or RRX?

Raging River Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Raging River Exploration, 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$64.39M	6.00	-C$231.90M	-C$1.56	-1.17
Raging River Exploration	C$471.93M	0.00	C$78.68M	C$0.34	N/A

Does the media refer more to BLDP or RRX?

In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Raging River Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 0 mentions for Raging River Exploration. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Raging River Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ballard Power Systems	Neutral
Raging River Exploration	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLDP or RRX?

30.3% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLDP or RRX?

Raging River Exploration received 303 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.70% of users gave Raging River Exploration 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%
Raging River Exploration	Outperform Votes 306 62.70%	Underperform Votes 182 37.30%

Summary

Raging River Exploration beats Ballard Power Systems on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.