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Ballard Power Systems Inc.

$BLDP·$929M·Industrial - Machinery·Industrials
$2.75-8.2%YTD+6.8%1Y+51.7%
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BLBLDP
$BLDPBallard Power Systems Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $BLDP, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Broken storySelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Ballard's 15MW fuel-cell order is genuine — the tape at 37% below the 50-day says the market doesn't believe it scales.

Ballard Power Systems is a hydrogen-fuel-cell specialist targeting stationary-power and mobility applications. The stock is deeply broken with the tape 37% below the 50-day going into July 31 earnings.

Where the disconnect sits:

  • The 15MW fuel-cell order is a specific commercial milestone: a second-order of scale from the same customer using 150 FCmove-HD+ modules is genuinely category-relevant — meaning the operational story hasn't collapsed.
  • The economics are still catastrophically broken: 11% gross margin at -85% operating margin means every dollar of revenue costs nearly twice as much to produce — meaning even meaningful order flow doesn't currently produce unit economics.
  • The tape confirms distribution: sitting 37% below the 50-day and 14% below the 200-day at 22% of the 52-week range with today's -8.2% drop — that's active distribution, not testing support.
  • The check is dilution: negative free cash flow yield means BLDP requires specific fresh capital to survive — meaning any commercial win is offset by the specific dilution needed to fund the operating losses.

July 31 earnings is the trigger. A number confirming fuel-cell revenue conversion plus specific commentary on unit economics extends any bounce; a soft revenue print with continued unit-economics losses is the specific setup for the breakdown to extend.

Differs from X sentimentX is bullish on the 15MW fuel-cell order and the 50-SMA-retest technical setup, and the order is real. But the tape has been decisive — sitting 37% below the 50-day means the market is discounting the specific unit-economics gap far more than the corpus is sizing.

What to watch: The July 31 print — fuel-cell revenue trajectory, gross margin trend, and cash-runway commentary. Revenue conversion plus unit-economics improvement bounces the tape; another quarter of unit-economics losses continues the breakdown.

On the calendar: 2026-07-31 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-19

Ballard Power received a 15 MW fuel cell order for off-grid stationary power with 150 FCmove-HD+ modules, the second order of this scale from the same customer. Authors flag the 50 SMA retest of prior breakout and tight candle as the structural setup.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs and sells hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cells for heavy-duty buses, trucks, and stationary power.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Industrial - Machinery sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $BLDP.

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

No material change from last week — electrical infrastructure for AI power density and robotic warehouse/manufacturing automation are pulling order books in different directions.

What this means for $BLDP

Neutral — Designs and sells hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cells for heavy-duty buses, trucks, and stationary power; limited exposure means the AI power density capex and robotic warehouse automation demand is not a near-term catalyst or headwind.

Industry benchmark

23-name peer basket
+29.5%YTD
+67.9%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-18.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-14.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-85.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-3.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
14.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-13.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
11.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$-0.04$-0.06+33.3%
Q4 2025Mar 12, 2026$-0.06$-0.07+14.3%
Q3 2025Nov 13, 2025$-0.09$-0.11+18.2%
Q2 2025Aug 11, 2025$-0.08$-0.10+20.0%
Next earningsFri, Jul 31·consensus EPS $-0.04

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$19.4M+26.2%14.2%-67.3%$-0.04$-8.4M
Q4 FY25$33.6M+37.2%16.7%-35.1%$-0.06$7.8M
Q3 FY25$32.5M+120.3%15.3%-92.1%$-0.09$-24.3M
Q2 FY25$17.8M+11.5%-8.4%-186%$-0.08$-22.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 6 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$122.0M$119.9M – $124.1M-$0.15-$0.17 – -$0.116
FY27$154.0M$140.3M – $167.6M-$0.13-$0.16 – -$0.106
FY28$153.2M$150.5M – $155.9M-$0.12-$0.18 – -$0.085
FY29$164.7M$138.6M – $187.4M-$0.20-$0.24 – -$0.162
FY30$254.0M$213.8M – $288.9M-$0.10-$0.11 – -$0.082

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.22%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-37.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-13.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 266.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.9% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.935-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 19SC 13D/A
AI summary

Weichai Power Hong Kong International Development Co., Limited, Weichai Power Co., Ltd., and Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. filed Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D for Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP), reporting unchanged aggregate beneficial ownership of 31,102,826 Common Shares (shared voting and dispositive power), representing 10.32% of 301,475,849 shares outstanding as of Q1 2026. All three entities share the position jointly. This amendment appears to reflect an updated share count calculation rather than a change in position; Weichai maintains its strategic 10%+ block in the Canadian hydrogen fuel cell company without activist intent.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 15SC 13D/A
AI summary

Weichai Power Hong Kong International Development Co., Limited filed an amended Schedule 13D on BLDP disclosing beneficial ownership (34,999,826.00 shares) as of 2026-05-15. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 13SC 13D/A
AI summary

Weichai Power Hong Kong International Development Co., Limited filed an amended Schedule 13D on BLDP disclosing beneficial ownership (39,252,826.00 shares) as of 2026-05-13. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

+ 19 other (16 6-Ks · 1 SD · 1 ARS · 1 40-F) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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