What's Happening With Ballard Power Systems (BLDP) Stock

Ballard Power Systems Inc BLDP shares are trading lower by 4.18% to $4.81 Tuesday afternoon. The stock is potentially trading lower in possible sympathy with peer clean energy manufacturing company Plug Power Inc after KeyBanc downgraded the stock from Overweight to Sector Weight.

Ballard's principal business is the design, development, manufacture, sale and service of PEM fuel cell products. The broader clean energy manufacturing sector has pulled back in 2022 and 2023 amid rising interest rates and concerns about a U.S. economic slowdown.

So What Happened?

Plug Power faces a series of near-term headwinds, Sophie Karp of KeyBanc said, giving rationale for the downgrade despite the stock showing some attractive valuation from its pullback this year.

The analyst said the recent bank collapses have created a risk-off atmosphere for project financing at a time Plug Power is in a capital-intensive part of its growth cycle...Read More

According to data from Benzinga Pro, BLDP has a 52-week high of $10.54 and a 52-week low of $4.43.