BLDP vs. THR, YELL, EAF, DSKE, MTRX, HOLI, HTZ, PYRGF, LASE, and JKSM
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Thermon Group (THR), Yellow (YELL), GrafTech International (EAF), Daseke (DSKE), Matrix Service (MTRX), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Hertz Global (HTZ), PyroGenesis Canada (PYRGF), Laser Photonics (LASE), and Jacksam (JKSM).
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) and Thermon Group (NYSE:THR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Ballard Power Systems currently has a consensus target price of $3.94, indicating a potential upside of 51.41%. Thermon Group has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.10%. Given Ballard Power Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ballard Power Systems is more favorable than Thermon Group.
Ballard Power Systems received 155 more outperform votes than Thermon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Thermon Group an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Thermon Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thermon Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Thermon Group has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -172.63%. Thermon Group's return on equity of 14.60% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Thermon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Thermon Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Thermon Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ballard Power Systems and 2 mentions for Thermon Group. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of -0.22 beat Thermon Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Thermon Group beats Ballard Power Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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