BLDP vs. SIS, ARE, MTL, BDT, AFN, AND, BBD.A, WJX, DBM, and CGY
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Savaria (SIS), Aecon Group (ARE), Mullen Group (MTL), Bird Construction (BDT), Ag Growth International (AFN), Andlauer Healthcare Group (AND), Bombardier (BBD.A), Wajax (WJX), Doman Building Materials Group (DBM), and Calian Group (CGY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Ballard Power Systems (TSE:BLDP) and Savaria (TSE:SIS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
33.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Savaria shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Savaria shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ballard Power Systems and Ballard Power Systems both had 6 articles in the media. Savaria's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ballard Power Systems' score of -0.09 indicating that Savaria is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Savaria received 273 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Savaria an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Savaria has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Ballard Power Systems' net margin of -173.61%. Savaria's return on equity of 7.55% beat Ballard Power Systems' return on equity.
Savaria has higher revenue and earnings than Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savaria has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Savaria has a consensus target price of C$21.71, indicating a potential upside of 22.82%. Given Savaria's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Savaria is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Summary
Savaria beats Ballard Power Systems on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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