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Fluence Energy, Inc. Class AFLNCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Electrical Products

Maker and integrator of grid-scale battery energy storage systems, a joint venture of Siemens and AES.

Momentum laggard 2
Mkt cap
$973M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
77%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$40.6M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-29.3 pp
WACC 14.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
17 days
23 Nov 2026
Close · USD$5.27
1D+3.4%
1W-7.9%
1M-29.3%
3M-58.3%
6M-78.2%
YTD-73.4%
1Y-74.6%
ATR %10.5%
Beta3.84
52w lowhigh84.3% off high

What Fluence Energy does

Maker and integrator of grid-scale battery energy storage systems, a joint venture of Siemens and AES.

Sells complete battery storage systems on fixed-price contracts that take months to deliver, so revenue arrives in lumps as projects are finished, with service and software contracts following. It buys battery cells from Asian suppliers, which makes tariffs and cell prices important, and has been working to source more in the US.

Products and services

  • Grid-scale battery storage systems
  • Digital/AI storage optimization software
  • Storage O&M services

Customers

  • Utilities
  • Independent power producers
  • Renewable project developers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials/Energy
  • Battery energy storage system…
  • Grid-scale storage deployment and…

What could go right

  • Grid battery storage buildout (renewables plus AI power demand)
  • US/international storage policy support

What could go wrong

  • Battery cell/component cost and supply-chain risk
  • Project timing/margin volatility

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, process know-how). Large deployed storage fleet and software give operating-performance credibility that's hard for new entrants to match.

Headquarters: Arlington, Virginia, US · Founded: 2018 · Employees: 1,670

Named competitors

Fluence Energy at a glance

Size Fluence Energy (FLNC) is a United States Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $973M, the 2266th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $5.27 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 78.2%, against -21.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.3%); the operating margin is -3.7% (peer median 5.7%).

Valuation It trades at 0.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.2× (cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 29.3 points below its cost of capital (14.9% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $6.40B at 30 Jun 2026, up 31% on a year earlier — 2.4 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Credit Fluence Energy has 1 bond outstanding ($400M).

Short interest Short interest is 25.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

5010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 77FLNC 21
Six months, rebased to 100: Fluence Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Fluence Energy financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.63B$2.26B$2.70B$2.22B$1.20B
Revenue growth—-16%+22%+85%—
Gross profit$230M$284M$330M$118M-$18.5M
EBITDA-$57.3M-$10.9M$40.7M-$116M-$225M
Net income-$80.9M-$48.3M$22.7M-$69.6M-$104M
Free cash flow-$121M-$175M$52.3M-$124M-$290M
Capital expenditure$31.1M$29.8M$19.0M$12.2M$7.93M
Total debt$413M$406M$38.9M$53.5M$2.74M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Fluence 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%-20%0%TARILMRN301631001382300222002471300393300341605305ELECON000533DSCV0023506053656033330030336516603855002212FLNC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Fluence Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%1×2×3×TARILMRN301631001382300222002471300393300341605305ELECON603448000533DSCV0023506053656033330030336516603855002212FLNCRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Fluence Energy is the large dot.

Fluence Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (FLNC vs TSLA vs WRT1V.HE vs 300274.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Fluence Energy FLNC$973M-78%+7%-4%0.4×n/a
Tesla TSLA$1.42T-16%+8%4%13.4×n/a
Wartsila Oyj Abp WRT1V.HE$17.1B-25%-2%13%2.0×7.2%
Sungrow Power Supply 300274.SZ$25.3B-40%-24%12%2.4×12.1%

How Fluence 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.

Fluence Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureFLNCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-29.3%-6.3%lowest of 21
6-month return-78.2%-21.4%lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-84.3%-39.1%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.5%+9.3%11th highest of 21
Operating margin-3.7%5.7%3rd lowest of 20
EV / Sales0.4×2.2×cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-29.3 pp-2.2 pplowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Fluence Energy FLNCUnited States$973M-78%+7%-4%0.4×n/an/a
Transformers and Rectifiers (India) TARIL.NSIndia$974M-7%+27%15%3.4×n/an/a
Mersen MRN.PAFrance$976M-1%-3%9%1.1×11.0%+7.0%
Shenzhen Uniconn Technology 301631.SZChina$969M-34%+32%5%1.1×18.2%+49.0%
Guangdong Xinyaguang Cable 001382.SZChina$968M-21%+12%4%2.0×n/an/a
CSG Smart Science&Technology 300222.SZChina$966M-27%+26%2%2.0×n/an/a
Jiangsu Zhongchao 002471.SZChina$963M-45%-5%1%1.7×n/an/a
Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt 300393.SZChina$958M-42%-48%-62%4.9×5.1%-2.7%
Motic (Xiamen) Electric 300341.SZChina$957M-20%+19%12%3.3×17.7%+5.1%
Ficont Industry(Beijing) 605305.SSChina$989M-35%+15%26%2.5×-1.1%+22.5%
Elecon Engineering ELECON.NSIndia$995M-26%+5%17%3.6×31.3%+17.8%
Temb Intelligent Tech Shandong 603448.SSChina$951Mn/a+16%n/a1.9×45.6%n/a
Guangdong Shunna Electric 000533.SZChina$996M-24%+25%6%2.4×16.8%+8.7%
discoverIE DSCV.LUnited Kingdom$997M+17%+5%10%1.9×21.4%+7.9%
Beijing Creative 002350.SZChina$946M-19%+7%-1%2.7×54.8%-0.3%
Leedarson IoT Technology 605365.SSChina$1.01B-55%-2%4%1.1×n/an/a
Sunway 603333.SSChina$941M+1%+68%3%3.1×n/an/a
Qingdao CHOHO Industrial 003033.SZChina$939M+36%+6%9%3.3×14.2%+14.6%
Sanyo Denki 6516.TJapan$1.01B-39%+20%12%1.1×9.0%+6.7%
Warom Technology 603855.SSChina$938M+1%-18%15%2.0×-2.6%+7.1%
Topsec Technologies 002212.SZChina$1.01B-18%-9%-14%3.3×n/an/a

Fluence Energy bonds and credit

Fluence Energy has 1 bond outstanding with $400M face value.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Fluence Energy backlog

Fluence Energy reported $6.40B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Jun 2026, up 31% from a year earlier and up 14% from the previous quarter. That is 2.4 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 2.23.

Questions

Who are Fluence Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tesla Energy (TSLA), Wärtsilä (WRT1V.HE), Sungrow (300274.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Transformers and Rectifiers (India) (TARIL.NS), Mersen (MRN.PA), Shenzhen Uniconn Technology (301631.SZ), Guangdong Xinyaguang Cable (001382.SZ), CSG Smart Science&Technology (300222.SZ), Jiangsu Zhongchao (002471.SZ).
Is Fluence Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.4× against a peer median of 2.2×, cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Fluence Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -78.2% against -21.4% for the median peer; over one year -74.6%.
What is Fluence Energy's backlog?
Fluence Energy's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $6.40B at 30 Jun 2026, +31% on a year earlier.

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.