Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) Head-To-Head Comparison

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bloom Energy and Fluence Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	21.49	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A
Fluence Energy	$2.26 billion	1.87	-$48.31 million	($0.42)	-55.24

Bloom Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluence Energy.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Bloom Energy and Fluence Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	3	12	10	1	2.35
Fluence Energy	6	16	4	0	1.92

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus target price of $96.00, indicating a potential downside of 28.33%. Fluence Energy has a consensus target price of $13.54, indicating a potential downside of 41.62%. Given Bloom Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Fluence Energy.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.01, meaning that its stock price is 201% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluence Energy has a beta of 2.88, meaning that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and Fluence Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	0.84%	8.74%	2.08%
Fluence Energy	-2.14%	-9.21%	-2.17%

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Fluence Energy on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bloom Energy

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.

About Fluence Energy

Fluence Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers energy storage products and solution, services, and artificial intelligence enabled software-as-a-service products for renewables and storage applications in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company sells energy storage products with integrated hardware, software, and digital intelligence. Its energy storage products include Gridstack Pro, a large-scale front-of-the-meter application; Gridstack, a front-of-the-meter application; Sunstack, a DC-coupled energy storage product for DC-coupled solar + storage projects; Edgestack, for smaller-scale commercial and industrial use cases; and Ultrastack, for critical system requirements of distribution and transmission networks. The company also provides engineering and delivery services to support the deployment of its storage products; operational and maintenance services; and digital applications. It serves independent power producers, developer, utilities, and other generators. Fluence Energy, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Fluence Energy, Inc. is a joint venture of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and The AES Corporation.