Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) Drops -5.42% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BLDP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.76M but it saw 2614659 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 470.07M USD, the company’s current market price of $1.57 came falling about -1.26 while comparing to the previous closing price of $1.59. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $4.01 and as low as $1.57. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $1.55 while lowest mark touched by it was $1.61.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP) gives us an average price of $1.6825, while its current price level is -60.90% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 0.00% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $1.7388 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $2.5396. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.64% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.93%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 39.81 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

HSBC Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on October 24, 2023 while assigning a price target of $4.50. HSBC Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $4.50.

Over the week, BLDP’s stock price is moving -1.87% down while it is -5.42% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -57.57% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -55.14%.

Currently, Ballard Power Systems Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 298.94M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -19.70% and return on equity (ROE) at -15.12%. Stock’s beta reads 1.78. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.51 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.51. Its return on asset (ROA) is -13.88% on average.