BN · rank #6 · 2026-09-04
BE
NYSE · $69.38B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.80 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +64.9% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +8.7% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +7.9% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.8% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.48 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 4.48× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +16.8% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +165% |
| Market cap (USD) | $69.38B |
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Summary
Bloom Energy (BE) manufactures solid oxide fuel cell Energy Servers that provide dispatchable, grid-independent baseload power to AI data centers and industrial customers, with multi-gigawatt contracts already signed with Oracle, AEP, Brookfield, Intel, and Equinix.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver signal is directly reinforced by concrete, multi-decade offtake agreements (Oracle 2.8 GW, AEP $2.65B/20-year, Brookfield $5B) that confirm BE is structurally embedded in resolving the AI data center power-availability constraint, not merely riding sentiment rotation.
Material risks
- 1Customer concentration is acute — Oracle, AEP, and Brookfield together represent the overwhelming majority of forward revenue visibility, so a single contract delay, renegotiation, or cancellation would materially collapse the backlog and invalidate the growth thesis.
- 2Execution risk around doubling manufacturing capacity to gigawatt scale by 2026 is real and unproven; cost overruns or fuel cell durability failures at hyperscale deployments could trigger contract penalties and reputational damage with the handful of counterparties that define the entire thesis.
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