Bloom Energy (Nasdaq: BE), a manufacturer of fuel cell systems, is a new one for me to discuss on these pages. The company went public in July 2018, and after issuing shares at a price of USD 25 each, it went on to reach a market cap of above USD 3 billion, though it is valued at less than half of its IPO price today. It posted revenues of USD 742 million for 2018 and expects a steady 20 percent growth per year in the near-term future.
The core business of Bloom is to supply companies, and especially large corporations, such as IKEA, with fuel cell power plants, so that they can power equipment independent of utility contracts. Its business model is similar to that of FuelCell Energy, although the latter will sometimes connect systems to those of large utilities. Bloom, on the other hand, specializes in entirely energy independent fuel cell installations.
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Written by Sven Jösting
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