BN · rank #7 · 2026-09-10
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NYSE · $79.31B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| 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. | 0.63 |
| 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. | +2.5% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +165% |
| Market cap (USD) | $79.31B |
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Summary
Bloom Energy deploys proprietary solid oxide fuel cell systems providing onsite baseload power to over 1,200 facilities including 400+ MW serving data centers, with the Nebius/Nvidia partnership validating its AI datacenter bottleneck-solver positioning.
Rationale
The bottleneck_solvers thesis is directly reinforced by record Q2 2026 revenue of $1.065B (+166% YoY), raised full-year guidance to $3.9–$4.2B, a 5 GW contracted-power target, and named AI customer wins confirming structural demand for grid-independent onsite power that utilities cannot rapidly replicate.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscalers or large AI infrastructure players (e.g., Microsoft, Google) accelerating in-house fuel cell or alternative onsite power procurement could erode Bloom's sole-supplier pricing power at the exact moment its backlog is most concentrated in a single vertical.
- 2Debt-to-FCF of 4.5x leaves limited cushion if the rapid revenue ramp strains working capital or if a large customer delays acceptance of contracted capacity, compressing the free cash flow needed to self-fund manufacturing scale-up.
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