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Bloom Energy CorporationBECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Electronic Production Equipment

Makes solid-oxide fuel cell 'Energy Servers' that generate electricity on-site, increasingly for AI data centers.

Momentum laggard 14
Mkt cap
$51.2B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.81B
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
36.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.4 pp
WACC 19.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
97 days
11 Feb 2027
Close · USD$173.24
1D+3.4%
1W-14.7%
1M-36.5%
3M-23.4%
6M-20.6%
YTD+99.4%
1Y+50.5%
ATR %12.5%
Beta3.98
52w lowhigh50.7% off high

What Bloom Energy does

Makes solid-oxide fuel cell 'Energy Servers' that generate electricity on-site, increasingly for AI data centers.

Sells fuel-cell power systems that run on natural gas or biogas on the customer's site, then earns from service contracts to keep them running. Customers either buy outright or pay for the electricity over time through a financing partner. Data centers that cannot wait for a grid connection have become a larger part of demand. It listed in 2018.

Products and services

  • Energy Server fuel cell platforms
  • Hydrogen electrolyzers
  • Service & maintenance contracts

Customers

  • data center operators
  • utilities
  • industrial/commercial customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Distributed energy
  • Fuel cell power generation
  • Solid oxide fuel cell platforms

What could go right

  • AI data center power demand outpacing grid buildout
  • Resilience / behind-the-meter power needs

What could go wrong

  • Natural gas price exposure
  • Competition from grid power and gensets

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, process know-how). Proprietary solid-oxide fuel cell design, though it competes against cheaper backup-power options.

Headquarters: San Jose, California, US · Founded: 2001 · Employees: 2,214

Named competitors

Bloom Energy at a glance

Size Bloom Energy (BE) is a United States Industrials company (Electronic Production Equipment) with a market value of $51.2B, the 247th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $173.24 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.6%, against +8.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 11 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 110.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +35.1%); the operating margin is 14.8% (peer median 9.5%).

Valuation It trades at 36.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 63.2× (2nd cheapest of 10).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.4 points above its cost of capital (19.1% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 5.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 110BE 78
Six months, rebased to 100: Bloom Energy against the median of its 11 peers (local-currency closes).

Bloom Energy financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$3.83B$2.02B$1.47B$1.33B$1.20B
Revenue growth—+37%+11%+11%—
Gross profit$1.24B$587M$405M$198M$148M
EBITDA$621M$123M$76.0M-$146M-$199M
Net income$518M-$88.4M-$29.2M-$302M-$301M
Free cash flow$439M$57.2M$33.1M-$456M-$309M
Capital expenditure$254M$56.8M$58.9M$83.7M$117M
Total debt$2.79B$3.00B$1.53B$1.45B$1.03B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Bloom Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-20%0%VRTDIXONSYRMAKAYNESDATAPATTNS066970PGELAPOLLOAVALONCYIENTDLMBE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Bloom Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%25×50×75×VRTDIXONSYRMAKAYNESDATAPATTNSPGELAPOLLOAVALONCYIENTDLMBERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Bloom Energy is the large dot.

Bloom Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BE vs FCEL vs PLUG vs CMI)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Bloom Energy BE$51.2B-21%+111%15%36.5×n/a
FuelCell Energy FCEL$796M-27%+1%-88%n/an/a
Plug Power PLUG$2.03B-54%+11%-68%n/an/a
Cummins CMI$62.0B-34%+3%11%13.8×11.6%
Caterpillar CAT$257B-38%+20%19%18.8×18.0%

How Bloom Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Bloom Energy against its 11 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-36.5%-16.4%lowest of 12
6-month return-20.6%+8.1%4th lowest of 11
Distance from 52-week high-50.7%-27.2%4th lowest of 12
Revenue growth (TTM)+110.6%+35.1%highest of 11
Operating margin14.8%9.5%4th highest of 11
Forward P/E36.5×63.2×2nd cheapest of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.4 pp-3.1 pp4th highest of 11
EV / EBITDA83.1×40.9×most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.5×0.3×4th most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Bloom Energy BEUnited States$51.2B-21%+111%15%36.5×n/an/a
Vertiv VRTUnited States$70.4B-46%+35%21%20.0×25.4%+18.5%
Dixon Technologies (India) DIXON.NSIndia$8.16B+14%+21%2%76.9×48.0%+49.7%
Syrma SGS Technology SYRMA.NSIndia$2.97B+33%+62%10%63.2×33.7%+61.8%
Kaynes Technology India KAYNES.NSIndia$2.30B-26%+35%12%55.5×n/an/a
Data Patterns (India) DATAPATTNS.NSIndia$2.24B-11%+34%37%60.2×61.0%+32.8%
L&F 066970.KSSouth Korea$2.15B-62%+81%8%n/an/an/a
PG Electroplast PGEL.NSIndia$1.65B+2%+21%6%49.3×n/an/a
Apollo Micro Systems APOLLO.NSIndia$1.63B+32%+77%21%92.7×n/an/a
Avalon Technologies AVALON.NSIndia$1.34B+51%+44%10%69.4×n/an/a
Cyient DLM CYIENTDLM.NSIndia$649M+82%-2%7%73.3×58.4%+15.0%
Coreintelligence 3718.TWOTaiwan$518Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Bloom Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Plug Power (PLUG), Cummins (CMI), Caterpillar (CAT). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Vertiv (VRT), Dixon Technologies (India) (DIXON.NS), Syrma SGS Technology (SYRMA.NS), Kaynes Technology India (KAYNES.NS), Data Patterns (India) (DATAPATTNS.NS), L&F (066970.KS).
Is Bloom Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 36.5× against a peer median of 63.2×, 2nd cheapest of 10 in its peer set.
How has Bloom Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.6% against +8.1% for the median peer; over one year +50.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.