Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) Stock Falls 1.5% – Should You Sell?

Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE)’s stock price dropped 1.5% during mid-day trading on Wednesday. The company traded as low as $284.54 and last traded at $291.3490. 10,897,785 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 16% from the average session volume of 12,976,128 shares. The stock had previously closed at $295.78.

Key Stories Impacting Bloom Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting Bloom Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI power demand remains the main bullish catalyst. Jim Cramer called Bloom his favorite AI power play, citing its ability to provide electricity to data centers without relying entirely on constrained utility grids. Morgan Stanley also identified Bloom as a potential beneficiary of a projected 77-gigawatt data-center power shortfall. Jim Cramer Says This Stock is His Favorite AI Power Play
• Positive Sentiment: Bloom is expanding production capacity. The company reportedly purchased a 158,000-square-foot Fremont facility, signaling confidence that demand for its fuel-cell systems will accelerate alongside data-center and AI infrastructure investment. Bloom Energy Is Building Like Demand Is About to Explode
• Positive Sentiment: Technical momentum and earnings expectations are supportive. BE has crossed key moving averages, while analysts point to a sharply improved earnings outlook. TD Cowen also upgraded its rating to “hold” from a lower stance. Bloom Energy Crosses Key SMAs
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are awaiting the next earnings report. The earnings preview places greater focus on whether Bloom can sustain its recent revenue growth, profitability, and full-year outlook following its latest quarterly beat. Earnings Preview: What to Expect From Bloom Energy’s Report
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and debt are significant risks. Analysts caution that Bloom’s premium valuation and high debt-to-equity ratio could make the stock vulnerable to profit-taking or weaker-than-expected results.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst upside appears limited. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “market perform” rating with a $282 price target, below the reported trading level, reinforcing the market’s cautious stance. Analyst Rating Report

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on BE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Bloom Energy from $346.00 to $314.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Bloom Energy in a research note on Wednesday. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $295.00 target price on shares of Bloom Energy in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Truist Financial cut their price target on Bloom Energy from $250.00 to $218.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Bloom Energy from $242.00 to $351.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Bloom Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $257.18.

Bloom Energy Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $85.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 388.47, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 3.77. The company has a current ratio of 4.09, a quick ratio of 3.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $242.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $240.46.

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.39. Bloom Energy had a return on equity of 35.45% and a net margin of 7.87%.The company had revenue of $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $826.13 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.10 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 165.5% on a year-over-year basis. Bloom Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.550-2.850 EPS. Analysts forecast that Bloom Energy Corporation will post 2.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Shawn Soderberg sold 2,895 shares of Bloom Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.60, for a total transaction of $676,272.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 129,370 shares in the company, valued at $30,220,832. The trade was a 2.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, Director John Chambers sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.00, for a total transaction of $3,750,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 208,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $52,083,250. This trade represents a 6.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 89,698 shares of company stock worth $21,780,758. 3.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in Bloom Energy by 37.2% in the first quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Bloom Energy in the second quarter valued at about $25,000. Anchor Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Bloom Energy during the first quarter worth about $27,000. Godsey & Gibb Inc. boosted its holdings in Bloom Energy by 2,000.0% during the first quarter. Godsey & Gibb Inc. now owns 210 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Bloom Energy by 49.3% in the 2nd quarter. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. now owns 112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. 77.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Bloom Energy Company Profile

Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE: BE) develops and manufactures energy-generation and hydrogen technologies. Its primary product is the Bloom Energy Server, a solid-oxide fuel cell system designed to produce electricity onsite from fuels such as natural gas, biogas and hydrogen. The company’s distributed-generation systems are intended to provide reliable, low-emission power for commercial and industrial facilities, data centers, utilities and other large energy users.

Bloom Energy also produces electrolyzers that use electricity to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen.