BLDP vs. PLUG, NPWR, HOLI, THR, FCEL, EAF, HYZN, ENCP, HTOO, and BE
Should you be buying Ballard Power Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ballard Power Systems include Plug Power (PLUG), NET Power (NPWR), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), GrafTech International (EAF), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), Energem (ENCP), Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO), and Bloom Energy (BE). These companies are all part of the "electrical industrial apparatus" industry.
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Ballard Power Systems presently has a consensus target price of $3.74, indicating a potential upside of 34.07%. Plug Power has a consensus target price of $5.49, indicating a potential upside of 84.80%. Given Plug Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Ballard Power Systems.
Ballard Power Systems has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ballard Power Systems has a net margin of -177.82% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -181.96%. Ballard Power Systems' return on equity of -15.37% beat Plug Power's return on equity.
28.0% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ballard Power Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plug Power 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.
Plug Power received 268 more outperform votes than Ballard Power Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Ballard Power Systems an outperform vote.
Ballard Power Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plug Power. Ballard Power Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Plug Power had 8 more articles in the media than Ballard Power Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Plug Power and 5 mentions for Ballard Power Systems. Ballard Power Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Plug Power's score of 0.38 indicating that Ballard Power Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Plug Power beats Ballard Power Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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