Bloom Energy Corp (BE) stock analysis
Bloom Energy Corp (BE) clears 2 of this site's 8 mechanical value filters, 1 of 8 Buffett-style checks and 1 of 5 Lynch-style checks. At $217.77 it trades 488.7% above this site's neutral DCF value (a margin of safety of -488.7%). Its earnings quality rates Mixed. Figures are as of October 23, 2026, from SEC filings and market data refreshed weekly; this is educational analysis, not investment advice.
Data as of October 23, 2026. Refreshed weekly from SEC filings and market data.
What does Bloom Energy do?
Bloom Energy makes solid oxide fuel cell systems that produce electricity on site from natural gas or hydrogen for businesses and data centers.
What stands out about Bloom Energy?
- The share price implies more than 40% yearly growth. At $217.77, free cash flow per share would have to grow faster than 40% a year, fading to 2.5% by year 10, for this site's DCF to match the price. Change the assumptions.
- Misses 3 of the 8 value filters. It fails Trailing P/E < 25 (256.41), Price/Book < 8 (38.96) and Price/Sales < 7 (20.17); the other 2 pass and 3 were not evaluated. See every filter.
- Strongest against peers: revenue growth. At 91.0% (peer median 13.0%) it ranks 1st of 19 among electrical equipment stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Weakest against peers: P/E ratio. At 256.4× (peer median 34.5×) it ranks 19th of 19 among electrical equipment stocks this site tracks. See the ranking.
- Earnings quality: Mixed · 1 flag. Beneish M-score −2.68 · accruals −5.7% of assets · share count +6.3% a year. From the latest 10-K (year to Dec 2025). See the Earnings Quality Screener.
How has Bloom Energy's share price moved?
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Is Bloom Energy undervalued? The value diligence check
Every value-investing signal this site computes for this stock, gathered in one place: the same real numbers from the tools below, not a new score.
- Margin of safety (DCF) -488.7%
- Wall St. analyst rating Buy · 3.72/5 39 analysts this month: 6 strong buy, 17 buy, 15 hold, 1 sell, 0 strong sell (Finnhub). Down from 3.77 last month.
- Altman Z″-Score (bankruptcy risk) 2.02 · Grey zone
- Earnings quality (is the profit real?) Mixed · 1 flag Beneish M-score −2.68 · accruals −5.7% of assets · share count +6.3% a year. From the latest 10-K (year to Dec 2025) - see the Earnings Quality Screener for how each check is scored.
- Shareholder yield (cash back to owners) 0.0% gross Latest fiscal year (2025): dividends 0.0% + buybacks 0.0%. Stock comp is not reported in its filings, so no net figure. Over 6 years its split-adjusted share count rose 109%. See Shareholder Yield Leaders.
- Capital needed to grow (See's test) Profit did not grow in 10 years Operating profit −$187M → −$38M, capital needed $682M → $1.1B, 2016–2025 (3-year averages); return on capital now −3% before tax. Buffett's See's Candies needed $0.42 per $1 of new profit, FlightSafety $3.20, a typical grower about $5. See Capital-Light Compounders.
- PEG (growth at a reasonable price) 0.02 · Well under fair P/E 256.4× ÷ 12240% a year of growth behind it. 3rd lowest of 447 stocks with a usable PEG. Lynch's fair value is a PEG of 1; a very high PEG usually means almost no growth, a very low one a profit spike. See PEG Ratio Ranking.
- Compounder lenses (4) 1 of 4 · misses capital-light, real profit, cash back (n/a) Capital-light growth: not cleared (profit started from a loss); Profit is real: not cleared (1 earnings-quality flag); Cash to owners: cannot be measured (stock comp not reported); Fair price (PEG): cleared. See Compounders at a Fair Price, which also lets you move the PEG bar.
- Value trap check Clear
- Munger's Inversion Check 4 flags
- Standing vs. sector peers 2 of 7 measures above the median Compared with the 18 other electrical equipment stocks this site tracks: 1 in the top third, 5 in the bottom third.
- Dividend payout sustainability 1/6 flags
How does Bloom Energy compare with its peers?
2 of 7 measures sit above the median of the 18 other electrical equipment stocks tracked here, 1 in the top third and 5 in the bottom third.
- P/E ratiolower is cheaper · peer median 34.5× 256.4× ✕19th of 19
- Free-cash-flow yieldhigher is cheaper · peer median 3.4% 1.0% ✕18th of 19
- Return on equityhigher is better · peer median 20% 25% –7th of 19
- Net marginhigher is better · peer median 13.4% 7.9% ✕15th of 19
- Revenue growthhigher is better, year on year · peer median 13.0% 91.0% ✓1st of 19
- Debt / equitylower is safer · peer median 0.67 1.67 ✕17th of 19
- Dividend yieldamong dividend payers · peer median 0.73% 0.00% ✕14th of 14
Peers are the stocks this site tracks in the same sector group, not every listed competitor. The bar runs from the weakest peer (left) to the strongest (right); the tick is the middle. Measures that don't apply to a sector (cash-flow yield for banks, debt for financials) are left out.
What would Buffett & Lynch say?
Buffett's checklist is built around durable, profitable businesses bought at sensible prices, and BE doesn't clear enough of it yet. In its favor: BE is currently earning a strong return on shareholders' equity. Where it comes up short: BE and its five-year average return on equity falls short too, so this isn't just a one-off dip, carries more debt relative to equity than he typically tolerates, runs thinner pretax margins than he'd like to see, hasn't grown earnings per share fast enough over five years to impress him, doesn't cover its interest expense as comfortably as he'd want, is trading above what a conservative discounted-cash-flow estimate says it's worth right now, and trades rich relative to owner earnings, the real cash the business could pay out.
- ROE (TTM) > 11% ✓
- ROE (5yr avg) > 11% ✕
- Debt/Equity < 0.5 ✕
- Pretax margin > 15% ✕
- EPS growth (5yr) > 7% ✕
- Interest coverage > 5x ✕
- Trading below intrinsic value (DCF) ✕
- Price vs. owner earnings < 25x ✕
Lynch looked for growth stories that weren't overpriced for that growth, and BE falls short of his bar. In its favor: BE clears an even tighter PEG-under-1 bar he'd want for a stock growing this fast. Where it comes up short: BE is growing earnings outside the 20-50% band he considered sustainable for a fast grower - either not fast enough to earn the label, or a pace he'd flag as unlikely to hold up, is leaning on more debt than he liked a growth story to carry, is priced above what he'd pay even for a company growing this quickly, and isn't generating enough free cash flow to justify a fast grower's richer price.
- PEG < 1 (stricter for fast growers) ✓
- EPS growth 20%-50% ✕
- Debt/Equity < 0.5 ✕
- P/E < 40 ✕
- Price/FCF < 40 ✕
Quantitative approximations of each investor's documented approach, not endorsed by either investor or their estates - commentary, not this site's actual ranking criteria. Buffett never published a numeric checklist: only 2 of his 8 checks here trace to his own documented concepts ("owner earnings," from his 1986 shareholder letter, and "price is what you pay, value is what you get," his case against fixed P/E/P/B ceilings) - the other 6 (ROE, debt, margins, growth, interest coverage) use commonly-cited thresholds that are not numbers he himself published. The 8 hard filters below (plus the Munger check and Graham margin of safety) are this site's real, mechanical screen and are computed completely independently of the checklists above.
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Which of the 8 value filters does Bloom Energy pass?
- Market Cap > $25B $62.8B
- Trailing P/E < 25 256.41
- PEG Ratio < 1.5 0.02
- Price/Book < 8 38.96
- Price/Sales < 7 20.17
- EPS Growth YoY > -5% n/a
- vs 50-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
- vs 200-day MA (±12%) Not evaluated †
What is Bloom Energy's margin of safety?
History tracking starts this week - check back in a future week to see how this has moved.
Where is Bloom Energy in its 52-week range?
What is the short interest in Bloom Energy?
20,982,242 shares short as of 2026-09-30 (FINRA settlement date). Reported twice a month, so this only changes roughly every two weeks, not daily.
What could go wrong with Bloom Energy? Munger's inversion check
"Invert, always invert." Instead of reasons to buy, these are reasons to hesitate, not a verdict, and not everything worth knowing about a business.
- Margin of safety, even in the bull case -248%
- Short interest under 5% of float 7.5%
- Passes most of the 6 fundamental filters 3/6 passed
- Price run-up backed by value, not just momentum +178% off 52wk low
- Debt/equity stable since 2020 4.96 → 3.41
Doesn't cover circle of competence, management quality, or accounting concerns: those need judgment, not data.
How much have Bloom Energy shareholders gained per year?
Not enough clean earnings history to compute this for BE yet - a loss year in the window breaks the growth math rather than faking a number through it.
An earnings-based proxy, not a stock-price total return - it doesn't capture multiple expansion/contraction or reinvested dividends. EPS from BE's own 10-K filings; dividend yield is the current trailing yield on today's price, from the same weekly fetch as the rest of this site.
What do Bloom Energy's 10-year financials show?
From BE's own 10-K filings (SEC EDGAR): up to the last 10 fiscal years. Press any year's bars for the exact figures.
Frequently asked questions about Bloom Energy
What kind of company is Bloom Energy?
Bloom Energy makes solid oxide fuel cell systems that produce electricity on site from natural gas or hydrogen for businesses and data centers. This site groups it with Electrical Equipment stocks.
Is Bloom Energy trading above or below its DCF value?
At $217.77, BE trades 488.7% above this site's neutral DCF value of $36.99 per share, a margin of safety of −488.7%. That DCF projects free cash flow for 10 years, with growth starting at 8% and fading to 2.5%, discounted at 10%; it is one set of assumptions, not a forecast. Test your own in the Intrinsic Value Calculator.
How many of this site's 8 value filters does Bloom Energy pass?
BE passes 2 of 8. It passes Market Cap > $25B ($62.8B) and PEG Ratio < 1.5 (0.02). It misses Trailing P/E < 25 (256.41), Price/Book < 8 (38.96) and Price/Sales < 7 (20.17). EPS Growth YoY > -5%, vs 50-day MA (±12%) and vs 200-day MA (±12%) were not evaluated, because the moving-average checks only run on stocks that clear the fundamentals first. The 8-filter list shows every stock that passes all of them.
Are Bloom Energy's reported earnings reliable?
This site's earnings-quality check rates BE Mixed · 1 flag. Beneish M-score −2.68 · accruals −5.7% of assets · share count +6.3% a year. From the latest 10-K (year to Dec 2025). Concerns: share dilution (flagged). The five checks are the Beneish M-score (manipulation risk), accruals, cash conversion, stock-based compensation and share dilution; the Earnings Quality Screener shows how each is graded.
How much cash does Bloom Energy return to shareholders?
BE's gross shareholder yield is 0.0%: the cash it returns through dividends and buybacks as a share of its market value. Latest fiscal year (2025): dividends 0.0% + buybacks 0.0%. Stock comp is not reported in its filings, so no net figure. Over 6 years its split-adjusted share count rose 109%. Its trailing dividend yield is 0.00%, paid out of 0% of its free cash flow; the dividend-sustainability check raises 1 of 6 flags (weak interest coverage). See Shareholder Yield Leaders and the Sustainable Dividend Screener.
How heavily is Bloom Energy stock sold short?
As of September 30, 2026, 7.5% of BE's float was sold short (20,982,242 shares, 1.0 days to cover), up 10.5% from the prior reporting period. FINRA publishes short interest twice a month, so it changes about every two weeks; this site flags anything above 5% of the float.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Financial statements: Bloom Energy's 10-K annual report for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, filed Feb 9, 2026 (filing index). Every earlier year in the 10-year financials comes from the company's older 10-K filings, all listed on SEC EDGAR.
- Prices and market data: quotes, P/E and analyst ratings from Finnhub; daily price history and the 52-week range from Twelve Data, both refreshed weekly. Short interest comes from FINRA, reported twice a month.
- How to check a figure: click any number in the card above to see its exact source, and read the Editorial Standards for every rule behind the checks.
About this Bloom Energy Corp analysis
This page shows every value-investing check the site runs on Bloom Energy Corp (BE) in one place: the 8 mechanical filters, the Buffett and Lynch checklists, a margin of safety from a disclosed DCF, earnings quality, shareholder yield and how it ranks against its sector peers. The numbers come from SEC filings and public market data, refreshed weekly, and the same rules apply to every stock on the stock list. See Editorial Standards for the sources and the rules, or run your own filters in the stock screener.