Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) versus Expand Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) Financial Analysis

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

Risk & Volatility

Expand Energy has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Expand Energy and Bloom Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expand Energy	$4.24 billion	6.21	-$714.00 million	$3.52	31.35
Bloom Energy	$1.47 billion	13.90	-$29.23 million	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.9% of Expand Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Expand Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expand Energy	7.99%	6.31%	4.02%
Bloom Energy	0.84%	8.74%	2.08%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Expand Energy and Bloom Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expand Energy	0	3	17	2	2.95
Bloom Energy	3	12	10	1	2.35

Expand Energy currently has a consensus price target of $129.44, indicating a potential upside of 17.29%. Bloom Energy has a consensus price target of $93.77, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Expand Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Expand Energy is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Summary

Expand Energy beats Bloom Energy on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expand Energy

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.

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.