Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) Critical Analysis

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.2% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fluence Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Bloom Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Fluence Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.54, suggesting a potential downside of 43.14%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.43%. Given Bloom Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Fluence Energy.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluence Energy	$2.26 billion	1.92	-$48.31 million	($0.42)	-56.71
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	22.47	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A

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

Summary

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

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.

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.