Financial Analysis: Brenmiller Energy (NASDAQ:BNRG) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Bloom Energy and Brenmiller Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	3	10	10	2	2.44
Brenmiller Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00

Bloom Energy currently has a consensus price target of $130.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.96%. Given Bloom Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Brenmiller Energy.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Brenmiller Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.1% of Brenmiller Energy shares 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.

Risk & Volatility

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.07, meaning that its stock price is 207% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brenmiller Energy has a beta of -1.1, meaning that its stock price is 210% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bloom Energy and Brenmiller Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$2.02 billion	21.78	-$88.43 million	($0.38)	-413.57
Brenmiller Energy	$620,000.00	1.51	-$6.77 million	($206.44)	-0.01

Brenmiller Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brenmiller Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	-4.37%	7.88%	1.74%
Brenmiller Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Brenmiller Energy on 11 of the 15 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 Brenmiller Energy

Brenmiller Energy Ltd. develops, produces, markets, and sells thermal energy storage (TES) systems based on its proprietary technology that enables renewable integration, increases energy efficiency, and reduces carbon emissions. Its TES system dispatches thermal energy on demand in the form of steam, which can be saturated for industrial use, or in the form of a superheated steam, which can be used to activate steam turbines. It markets its proprietary TES systems under the bGen name. The company was formerly known as Brenmiller Energy Consulting Ltd. and changed its name to Brenmiller Energy Ltd. in 2017. Brenmiller Energy Ltd was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Rosh HaAyin, Israel.