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Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP.TO)

CAD4.17 +0.01 (+0.24%)
CA TSX Industrials Industrial - Machinery
Address 9000 Glenlyon Parkway V5J 5J8
Burnaby, BC, CA
CEO Marty T. Neese
IPO 1996-03-21
ISIN CA0585861085

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Also trades on Frankfurt Stock Exchange · PO0.F (EUR) NASDAQ Global Market · BLDP (USD) Swiss Exchange · BLD.SW (USD) Toronto Stock Exchange · BLDP.TO (CAD)
Description

Ballard Power Systems Inc. specializes in the complete lifecycle of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, from initial concept and engineering to production, distribution, and maintenance. Their PEM fuel cell solutions power a diverse range of applications, including heavy-duty transport (buses, trucks, trains, marine vessels), material handling equipment, and critical backup power systems. Beyond products, Ballard extends its expertise through various technological services, such as engineering consulting, technology transfer programs, and the licensing or sale of its extensive intellectual property portfolio and foundational knowledge for PEM fuel cells. Furthermore, they offer integrated solutions for hydrogen fuel cell powertrains and vehicle systems. The company maintains a significant global footprint, with operations spanning numerous countries including China, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Japan, France, Spain, Taiwan, Poland, India, Ukraine, and Sweden, among others worldwide. A key strategic partnership exists with Linamar Corporation, focused on the collaborative development and market introduction of fuel cell powertrains and their components for light-duty (Class 1 and 2) vehicles across North America and Europe. Established in 1979, Ballard Power Systems Inc. maintains its primary corporate office in Burnaby, Canada.

News Sentiment (7d)
50 Neutral

Based on only 1 article — low confidence

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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CAD4.17 +0.01 (+0.24%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
2M
Beta
1.93
Float Shares
254.55M
Free Float %
84.6%
Price Performance
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-0.18% -11.51% +52.14% +94.86% +27.01% +62.57% +194.82% -6.41% -66.19% +227.01% -33.06%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (26 ratings, all time) Hold
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
4.17
Ratings Trend (MoM) 14% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 0 0
Buy 2 +1
Hold 9 -1
Sell 2 0
Strong Sell 1 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
4.98
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
4 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
0 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C
Overall Score
2 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Industrial - Machinery: +7.4%
    +45.0% Q1'26: +26.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Industrial - Machinery: +15.6%
    +71.3% Q1'26: +47.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Industrial - Machinery: +38.2%
    -64.4% Q1'26: -43.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Industrial - Machinery: +10.0%
    -80.6% Q1'26: -66.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Industrial - Machinery: +6.8%
    -101.1% Q1'26: -65.9% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Industrial - Machinery: +0.0%
    +1.2% Q1'26: +0.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Industrial - Machinery: -0.65×
    -0.29× Q1'26: -0.44× (vs Q1'25)
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WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.68) × ERP
WACC = 99% × Ke + 1% × Kd (8.8%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Current price: 4.17
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
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Dec 2016
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Dec 2017
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Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2020
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2026
11 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
12 Rev. Ana.
8 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
6 Rev. Ana.
6 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
5 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Dec 2030
3 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Revenue
56.46M
est: 55.60M (+1.6%)
85.27M
est: 79.93M (+6.7%)
121.29M
est: 113.85M (+6.5%)
96.59M
est: 94.77M (+1.9%)
106.33M
est: 94.28M (+12.8%)
103.88M
est: 106.05M (-2.0%)
104.51M
est: 95.82M (+9.1%)
83.80M
est: 90.72M (-7.6%)
102.37M
est: 76.26M (+34.2%)
69.73M
est: 72.36M (-3.6%)
101.14M
est: 98.46M (+2.7%)
115.26M
95.46M – 148.61M
+17.1% YoY
133.85M
91.67M – 200.22M
+16.1% YoY
144.43M
108.12M – 202.78M
+7.9% YoY
163.29M
122.23M – 229.26M
+13.1% YoY
258.26M
193.33M – 362.60M
+58.2% YoY
EBITDA
-1.19M
est: -48.66M (+97.5%)
-16.08M
est: -69.95M (+77.0%)
638.0K
est: -99.63M (+100.6%)
-16.68M
est: -82.94M (+79.9%)
-26.32M
est: -82.51M (+68.1%)
-40.20M
est: -92.81M (+56.7%)
-103.32M
est: -83.86M (-23.2%)
-145.10M
est: -79.39M (-82.8%)
-129.42M
est: -72.51M (-78.5%)
-309.29M
est: -68.79M (-349.6%)
-77.38M
est: -93.62M (+17.3%)
-109.59M
-141.29M – -90.76M
-17.1% YoY
-127.26M
-190.36M – -87.15M
-16.1% YoY
-137.32M
-192.80M – -102.79M
-7.9% YoY
-155.25M
-217.97M – -116.21M
-13.1% YoY
-245.54M
-344.74M – -183.81M
-58.2% YoY
EBIT
-5.57M
est: -49.59M (+88.8%)
-20.62M
est: -71.30M (+71.1%)
-5.75M
est: -101.55M (+94.3%)
-26.45M
est: -84.53M (+68.7%)
-33.84M
est: -84.09M (+59.8%)
-47.76M
est: -94.59M (+49.5%)
-113.07M
est: -85.47M (-32.3%)
-158.88M
est: -80.91M (-96.3%)
-142.95M
est: -73.30M (-95.0%)
-321.26M
est: -69.55M (-361.9%)
-81.51M
est: -94.64M (+13.9%)
-110.79M
-142.84M – -91.75M
-17.1% YoY
-128.66M
-192.45M – -88.11M
-16.1% YoY
-138.83M
-194.91M – -103.92M
-7.9% YoY
-156.95M
-220.36M – -117.49M
-13.1% YoY
-248.24M
-348.53M – -185.83M
-58.2% YoY
Net Income
-5.82M
est: -19.17M (+69.7%)
-21.69M
est: -42.45M (+48.9%)
-8.05M
est: -10.31M (+21.9%)
-27.32M
est: -34.87M (+21.6%)
-39.05M
est: -47.91M (+18.5%)
-49.47M
est: -56.02M (+11.7%)
-114.40M
est: -92.84M (-23.2%)
-173.49M
est: -213.73M (+18.8%)
-177.72M
est: -114.20M (-55.6%)
-324.25M
est: -216.70M (-49.6%)
-92.49M
est: -109.94M (+15.9%)
-39.04M
-55.50M – -38.85M
+64.5% YoY
-38.58M
-58.01M – -16.58M
+1.2% YoY
-31.19M
-47.28M – -22.25M
+19.2% YoY
-50.30M
-76.72M – -33.86M
-61.3% YoY
-29.98M
-45.73M – -20.18M
+40.4% YoY
SGA
18.42M
est: 22.42M (-17.8%)
20.49M
est: 32.23M (-36.4%)
20.90M
est: 45.90M (-54.5%)
23.17M
est: 38.21M (-39.4%)
21.46M
est: 38.01M (-43.6%)
25.12M
est: 42.75M (-41.2%)
37.88M
est: 38.63M (-1.9%)
41.79M
est: 36.57M (+14.3%)
39.09M
est: 31.05M (+25.9%)
37.02M
est: 29.46M (+25.6%)
26.50M
est: 40.09M (-33.9%)
46.93M
38.87M – 60.51M
+17.1% YoY
54.50M
37.33M – 81.53M
+16.1% YoY
58.81M
44.02M – 82.57M
+7.9% YoY
66.49M
49.77M – 93.35M
+13.1% YoY
105.16M
78.72M – 147.65M
+58.2% YoY
EPS
-0.04
est: -0.06 (+35.3%)
-0.13
est: -0.14 (+8.3%)
-0.05
est: -0.03 (-32.7%)
-0.15
est: -0.12 (-28.8%)
-0.17
est: -0.16 (-6.2%)
-0.20
est: -0.19 (-6.9%)
-0.39
est: -0.31 (-25.8%)
-0.58
est: -0.62 (+5.7%)
-0.39
est: -0.38 (-2.1%)
-1.08
est: -1.02 (-6.1%)
-0.31
est: -0.33 (+6.1%)
-0.16
-0.18 – -0.13
+53.0% YoY
-0.13
-0.19 – -0.05
+15.3% YoY
-0.12
-0.16 – -0.07
+8.7% YoY
-0.17
-0.25 – -0.11
-38.5% YoY
-0.10
-0.15 – -0.07
+40.4% YoY
Recent Grade Changes (3M)
Date Firm Previous New Grade Action
2026-05-05 Lake Street Hold Buy Upgrade
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-12 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-11 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-08 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-07 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-05 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-04 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-01 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-30 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-29 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-28 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-27 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-24 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-23 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-22 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-21 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-20 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-17 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5
2026-04-16 C 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-47.78M
OE per share TTM
-0.16
Owner's Yield
-2.43%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
61.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 47 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Global X - Hydrogen UCITS ETF HYGN.L 8.97% 4.26M 0.50%
2 VanEck Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF HDRO.L 4.25% 5.35M 0.55%
3 Global X Hydrogen ETF HGEN.AX 2.50% 789.7K 0.69%
4 Invesco Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF GCED.L 0.79% 1.09M 0.60%
5 Invesco Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF GCLE.L 0.79% 1.09M 0.60%
6 Xtrackers MSCI Global SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy UCITS ETF 1C XDG7.MI 0.43% 132.9K 0.35%
7 iShares S&P/TSX SmallCap Index ETF XCS.TO 0.36% 624.5K 0.60%
8 Amundi Global Hydrogen UCITS ETF Acc ANRJ.L 0.23% 605.6K 0.45%
9 iShares Energy Storage & Materials ETF IBAT 0.16% 121.9K 0.47%
10 iShares ESG Aware MSCI Canada Index ETF XESG.TO 0.12% 545.1K 0.17%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
-91.9K
Shares Outstanding
300.91M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Marty T. Neese Chief Executive Officer, President & Independent Director 901.2K male
Ralph Robinett Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 811.5K male
Lee Sweetland Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 811.5K male
Kevin Colbow Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 738.0K
Kate Igbalode Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer 662.3K female
Jesper Themsen President & Chief Executive Officer of Europe 565.5K male
Sarbjot Sidhu Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer 399.6K female
Sumit Kundu Director of Information Systems & Investor Relations male
Kate Charlton Vice President Corporate Finance & Investor Relations female
Kerry Brent Hillier General Counsel & Corporate Secretary male
Nicolas Pocard Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships male
Oben Uluc Vice President of Sales & Marketing male
ESG Score History

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