Company Analysis

Bloom Energy Corporation (BE)

NYSE: BE · Electrical Industrial Apparatus · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.0● Present 5.8▶ Future 6.0
1 est.

The grade of Bloom Energy Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.030% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-05-19.

weight 33% of this tense · 11th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 4 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2023-05-19); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2020-02-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-09-04); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2020-03-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+28.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $209 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 28.7% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span28.7%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 50% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 8 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Bloom Energy Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 50% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -11%: lost 11¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bloom Energy Corporation lost about 11 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 83 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 26% of 7 in its family; net margin -4.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of -4.3% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 19.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.02Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin-4.3%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth19.1%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sridhar, Kr (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-07-24, 8.3 years (top 12% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.4 years (bottom 10%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 15 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.4 yearsbottom 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.3 yearstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 35% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.5 billion against debt of $2.6 billion leaves -3.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 44% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.8% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 29% (top 21%); research spending of 9.2% of revenue (top 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.1%bottom 44% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.8%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin29.0%top 21% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.2%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 50% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 19.1% a year over the last three filed years against 28.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 42% of its family); the newest year grew 37.4% (top 42%); research spending grew 7.3% a year (top 36%); capital spending grew -21.4% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). Bloom Energy Corporation reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $1.5 billion (76%), Service at $228 million (11%), Installation at $204 million (10%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-9.7 points a yearbottom 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth37.4%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.3%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.4%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 36% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bloom Energy Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 23.9% above the $1.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 42% of its family); net income of $87 million against a prior three-year average of $217 million (top 25%); a net margin of -4.3% against -17.1% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace23.9%bottom 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+60%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+12.8 pointstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BE · research, not advice