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Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Superior Plus (SPB), Raging River Exploration (RRX), Acadian Timber (ADN), Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO) (ALO), NV Gold (NVX), CAE (CAE), Secure Energy Services (SES), Savaria (SIS), Xebec Adsorption (XBC), and Velan (VLN).
Ballard Power Systems vs.
Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Superior Plus has a consensus price target of C$9.95, indicating a potential upside of 52.37%. Given Superior Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
In the previous week, Superior Plus had 3 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Superior Plus and 1 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Superior Plus' score of -0.27 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Superior Plus received 435 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Superior Plus has a net margin of -0.10% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -178.83%. Superior Plus' return on equity of 1.17% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
30.3% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Ballard Power Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Superior Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Superior Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ballard Power Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Superior Plus has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Superior Plus beats Ballard Power Systems on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BLDP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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