Bloom Energy (BE) & Its Rivals Head-To-Head Contrast

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) is one of 21 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical industrial apparatus” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Bloom Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	-10.29%	-20.32%	-3.94%
Bloom Energy Competitors	-211.08%	-93.75%	-17.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Bloom Energy and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	2	9	9	2	2.50
Bloom Energy Competitors	94	600	843	36	2.52

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus target price of $24.29, suggesting a potential upside of 44.24%. As a group, “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies have a potential upside of 28.68%. Given Bloom Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its stock price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy’s rivals have a beta of 1.42, suggesting that their average stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	-$302.12 million	-84.20
Bloom Energy Competitors	$534.72 million	-$136.01 million	-0.86

Bloom Energy has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “Electrical industrial apparatus” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Bloom Energy Company Profile

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.