Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) has a beta value of 1.72 and has seen 5.57 million shares traded in the last trading session. The BLDP stock price is -139.37% off its 52-week high price of $3.83 and 23.13% above the 52-week low of $1.23. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 7.58 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.30 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Ballard Power Systems Inc (BLDP) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.33. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 6 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.12.
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Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) trade information
Over the past 30 days, the shares of Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) have changed 25.00%. Short interest in the company has seen 12.68 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.41.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $1.55, which means that the shares’ value could drop -3.23% from current levels. The projected low price target is $1.5 while the price target rests at a high of $1.6. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 0.0% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 6.25% from current levels.
Ballard Power Systems Inc (BLDP) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Ballard Power Systems Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -41.61% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -116.67%, compared to 1.90% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -27.19%.
14 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 28.69M for the current quarter. 9 have an estimated revenue figure of 17.52M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 46.75M and 14.45M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -38.64% for the current quarter and -27.19% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -32.26% over the past 5 years.
BLDP Dividends
Ballard Power Systems Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in January this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP)’s Major holders
Insiders own 15.53% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 26.99% with a share float percentage of 31.96%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Ballard Power Systems Inc having a total of 245.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 9.54 million shares worth more than $21.47 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 3.1912% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC, with the holding of over 7.83 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $17.68 million and represent 2.618% of shares outstanding.
