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As of close of business last night, Ballard Power Systems Inc’s stock clocked out at $1.94, down -2.51% from its previous closing price of $1.99. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.35 million shares were traded. BLDP stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.02 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.93.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of BLDP’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 8.32 and its Current Ratio is at 9.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.04 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.03.
On April 17, 2025, Citigroup Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $1.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BLDP now has a Market Capitalization of 585342656 and an Enterprise Value of 69730704. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.91. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.962 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.51.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BLDP is 1.73, which has changed by 0.021052599 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14064062 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BLDP has reached a high of $2.28, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.93%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 30.38%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that BLDP traded 8.08M shares on average per day over the past three months and 4128490 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 299.87M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 248.93M. Insiders hold about 16.98% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 26.43% stake in the company. Shares short for BLDP as of 1753920000 were 14612419 with a Short Ratio of 1.81, compared to 1751241600 on 14362247.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 6.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.1, with high estimates of -$0.08 and low estimates of -$0.12.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.29 and -$0.37 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.33. EPS for the following year is -$0.28, with 8.0 analysts recommending between -$0.2 and -$0.35.
Revenue Estimates
In the current quarter, 9 analysts expect revenue to total $23.76M. It ranges from a high estimate of $28M to a low estimate of $21.7M. As of the current estimate, Ballard Power Systems Inc’s year-ago sales were $14.76MFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $30.73M. There is a high estimate of $37.2M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $23.76M.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BLDP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $98.3M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $84M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $88.47M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $69.73MBased on 13 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $110.63M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $126M and the low estimate is $92M.