MTL vs. BLDP, BDT, ARE, SIS, AFN, BBD.A, AND, WTE, BDGI, and DBM
Should you be buying Mullen Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mullen Group include Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Bird Construction (BDT), Aecon Group (ARE), Savaria (SIS), Ag Growth International (AFN), Bombardier (BBD.A), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Westshore Terminals Investment (WTE), Badger Infrastructure Solutions (BDGI), and Doman Building Materials Group (DBM). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Mullen Group (TSE:MTL) and Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Mullen Group currently has a consensus target price of C$17.89, indicating a potential upside of 39.87%. Given Mullen Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mullen Group is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Mullen Group has a net margin of 6.49% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. Mullen Group's return on equity of 13.19% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
Mullen Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mullen Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mullen Group has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mullen Group had 4 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mullen Group and 1 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Mullen Group's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Mullen Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
29.9% of Mullen Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mullen Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mullen Group received 339 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.94% of users gave Mullen Group an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Mullen Group beats Ballard Power Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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