Analyzing Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) & Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON)

Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) and Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Bloom Energy and Expion360, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bloom Energy	1	13	11	1	2.46
Expion360	1	0	0	0	1.00

Bloom Energy presently has a consensus price target of $263.05, suggesting a potential upside of 39.63%. Given Bloom Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bloom Energy is more favorable than Expion360.

Profitability

This table compares Bloom Energy and Expion360’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bloom Energy	13.53%	45.29%	11.39%
Expion360	-82.32%	-102.32%	-83.35%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bloom Energy and Expion360″s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bloom Energy	$2.02 billion	27.52	-$88.43 million	$1.63	115.57
Expion360	$8.21 million	0.34	-$6.24 million	($10.58)	-0.26

Expion360 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bloom Energy. Expion360 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloom Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Expion360 shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Expion360 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.63, suggesting that its share price is 263% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expion360 has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bloom Energy beats Expion360 on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Expion360

Expion360 Inc. designs, assembles, manufactures, and sells lithium iron phosphate batteries and supporting accessories under the VPR 4EVER name for recreational vehicles, marine, golf, industrial, residential, and off-the-grid applications. It provides battery monitors; direct current battery chargers; various models of industrial tie-downs; power generators AURA POWERCAP; terminal blocks; and bus bars. The company also engages in the development of e360 Home Energy Storage systems; e360 SmartTalk mobile application. It serves dealers, wholesalers, private label customers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yozamp Products Company, LLC and changed its name to Expion360 Inc. in November 2021. Expion360 Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Redmond, Oregon.