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Bloom Energy reported record quarterly revenue exceeding $1 billion and a 22.5% non-GAAP operating margin. The company raised its full-year and 2026 targets to over $4 billion in revenue and $800–900 million in operating income. Bloom announced an expanded programmatic financing arrangement of approximately $25 billion with Brookfield and other partners. The arrangement provides capital and demand visibility for serving AI data centres, though it does not guarantee booked orders or completed installations. Analysts link Bloom's growth to rising demand from AI and hyperscale data centres for on-site power that reduces grid constraints. The company now faces execution challenges, needing to convert financing visibility into manufactured units, timely installations, and lower unit costs to sustain margins and meet upgraded guidance.

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) reports upbeat Q2 CY2026, stock soars. Posted on July 29, 2026 By News Team Electricity generation and hydrogen production company Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) reported Q2 CY2026 results beating Wall Street's revenue expectations, with sales up 166% year on year to $1.07 billion. The company's full-year revenue guidance of $4.05 billion at the midpoint came in 8.2% above analysts' estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.78 per share was 91.8% above analysts' consensus estimates. Bloom Energy (BE) Q2 CY2026 highlights: * Revenue: $1.07 billion vs analyst estimates of $834.3 million (166% year-on-year growth, 27.7% beat) * Adjusted EPS: $0.78 vs analyst estimates of $0.41 (91.8% beat) * Adjusted EBITDA: $253.4 million vs analyst estimates of $149.4 million (23.8% margin, 69.6% beat) * The company lifted its revenue guidance for the full year to $4.05 billion at the midpoint from $3.6 billion, a 12.5% increase * Adjusted EPS guidance for the full year is $2.70 at the midpoint, beating analyst estimates by 24.6% * Operating Margin: 17.1%, up from -0.9% in the same quarter last year * Free Cash Flow was $174.8 million, up from -$220.4 million in the same quarter last year * Market Capitalization: $53.53 billion KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bloom Energy, said, "The demand for Bloom Energy's solutions keeps accelerating every quarter as customers who traditionally defaulted to combustion technologies are now proactively choosing Bloom as a superior power solution. Today, all the major US hyperscalers and over a dozen US neoclouds, AI labs, and colocation data center operators have validated and approved our power solutions for their AI factories. Bloom is now a standard for AI onsite power." Company overview. Working in stealth mode for eight years, Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) designs, manufactures, and markets solid oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation. Revenue growth. Examining a company's long-term performance can provide clues about its quality. Any business can experience short-term success, but top-performing ones enjoy sustained growth for years. Thankfully, Bloom Energy's 29% annualized revenue growth over the last five years was incredible. Its growth surpassed the average industrials company and shows its offerings resonate with customers, a great starting point for its analysis. Equity Insider at StockStory place the most emphasis on long-term growth, but within industrials, a half-decade historical view may miss cycles, industry trends, or a company capitalizing on catalysts such as a new contract win or a successful product line. Bloom Energy's annualized revenue growth of 53.1% over the last two years is above its five-year trend, suggesting its demand was strong and recently accelerated. Bloom Energy also breaks out the revenue for its most important segment, Product. Over the last two years, Bloom Energy's Product revenue (energy servers and electrolyzers) averaged 98.8% year-on-year growth. This segment has outperformed its total sales during the same period, lifting the company's performance. This quarter, Bloom Energy reported magnificent year-on-year revenue growth of 166%, and its $1.07 billion of revenue beat Wall Street's estimates by 27.7%. Looking ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to grow 63.6% over the next 12 months, an improvement versus the last two years. This projection is eye-popping and implies its newer products and services will spur better top-line performance. WHILE YOU'RE HERE: The Next Palantir? One satellite company captures images of every point on Earth. Every single day. The Pentagon wants it. Hedge funds are using it to beat earnings. You've probably never heard of it. Operating Margin. Operating margin is one of the best measures of profitability because it tells Equity Insider how much money a company takes home after procuring and manufacturing its products, marketing and selling those products, and most importantly, keeping them relevant through research and development. Although Bloom Energy was profitable this quarter from an operational perspective, it's generally struggled over a longer time period. Its expensive cost structure has contributed to an average operating margin of negative 2.1% over the last five years. Unprofitable industrials companies require extra attention because they could get caught swimming naked when the tide goes out. On the plus side, Bloom Energy's operating margin rose by 33.9 percentage points over the last five years, as its sales growth gave it operating leverage. Still, it will take much more for the company to show consistent profitability. In Q2, Bloom Energy generated an operating margin profit margin of 17.1%, up 18 percentage points year on year. The increase was solid, and because its operating margin rose more than its gross margin, Equity Insider can infer it was more efficient with expenses such as marketing, R&D, and administrative overhead. Earnings per share. Equity Insider track the long-term change in earnings per share (EPS) for the same reason as long-term revenue growth. Compared to revenue, however, EPS highlights whether a company's growth is profitable. Bloom Energy's full-year EPS flipped from negative to positive over the last five years. This is a good sign and shows it's at an inflection point. Like with revenue, Equity Insider analyze EPS over a more recent period because it can provide insight into an emerging theme or development for the business. For Bloom Energy, its two-year annual EPS growth of 1,256% was higher than its five-year trend. Equity Insider love it when earnings growth accelerates, especially when it accelerates off an already high base. In Q2, Bloom Energy reported adjusted EPS of $0.78, up from $0.10 in the same quarter last year. This print easily cleared analysts' estimates, and shareholders should be content with the results. Over the next 12 months, Wall Street expects Bloom Energy's full-year EPS to grow 69.9% from $1.82 to $3.09.