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Bloom Energy Corp · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported record revenue driven by growth in product and service revenue.

Bloom Energy reported a strong third quarter with record revenue of $400.3 million, a 37% increase compared to the third quarter of 2022. The company saw expanding margins and made significant progress in reducing costs while continuing to invest and innovate.

  • Revenue reached $400.3 million, a 36.9% increase compared to Q3 2022.
  • Product and Service revenue increased by 40.7% to $352.5 million compared to Q3 2022.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was 31.6%, a 12.4 percentage point increase compared to Q3 2022.
  • Non-GAAP operating profit improved by $80.3 million compared to Q3 2022, reaching $51.8 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$400M

Previous: $292M+36.9%
EPS (adj)

$0.15

Previous: -$0.20+175.0%
GAAP Gross Margin

-1.3%

Previous: 17.4%-107.5%
GAAP Operating Margin

-25.9%

Previous: -18.0%-43.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$67.5M

Previous: -$80.9M+16.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$236M

Previous: -$138M-70.7%
Net Income

-$168M

Previous: -$57.1M-194.5%
Operating Income

-$104M

Previous: -$52.6M-97.2%
Gross Profit

-$5.21M

Previous: $50.9M-110.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$557M

Previous: $492M+13.3%
Total Assets

$2.38B

Previous: $1.9B+24.9%
R&D Expense

$35.1M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Bloom Energy · Revenue · Quarterly

$400M

Q3 2023+36.9%vs Q3 2022
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Bloom Energy · $400M total across 4 segments · Q3 2023

  • Product Revenue
    $305M+43.0%
  • Service Revenue
    $47.5M+27.3%
  • Electricity Revenue
    $25.8M+36.0%
  • Installation Revenue
    $21.9M-3.4%

Forward guidance

Bloom reaffirms outlook for the full-year 2023:

Tailwinds

  • Revenue, billion: $1.4 - $1.5
  • Product & Service Revenue, billion: $1.25 - $1.35
  • Non-GAAP Gross Margin: ~25%
  • Non-GAAP Operating Margin: Positive

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

-1.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.1%

Avg return

5 days after

+9.6%

Avg return

30 days after

47%

15 / 32 earnings

Positive

+40.1%

Q3 2019

Best reaction

-46.3%

Q2 2019

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+27.2%+27.4%+25.8%
Q4 2025+4.7%+13.9%-1.0%
Q3 2025+18.8%+25.7%-3.6%
Q2 2025-1.8%+3.9%+41.6%
Q1 2025-8.2%-10.8%+0.8%
Q4 2024+4.3%+4.7%-11.8%
Q3 2024+20.1%+23.4%+146.9%
Q2 2024+16.1%+19.8%+0.5%
Q1 2024-5.4%+5.8%+25.8%
Q4 2023-15.6%-23.8%-20.9%
Q3 2023+9.5%+6.8%+40.1%
Q2 2023-5.3%-6.0%-9.6%
Q1 2023-10.3%-25.0%-10.3%
Q4 2022+0.7%-2.8%-15.8%
Q3 2022+11.0%+12.5%+26.8%
Q2 2022+16.5%+21.1%+2.4%
Q1 2022-25.5%-34.5%-10.2%
Q4 2021+5.3%+24.3%+42.5%
Q3 2021+0.1%+7.3%-22.7%
Q2 2021-0.4%+7.8%+2.1%
Q1 2021-3.9%-13.2%+6.2%
Q4 2020-4.2%-3.3%-29.3%
Q3 2020-13.4%-0.5%+75.5%
Q2 2020-20.7%-25.0%+1.2%
Q1 2020+3.4%-3.3%+23.7%
Q4 2019-33.3%-33.3%+7.0%
Q3 2019+40.1%+50.7%+43.1%
Q2 2019-46.3%-40.2%-42.9%
Q1 2019-7.2%-12.4%-29.6%
Q4 2018-5.6%-6.5%+32.7%
Q3 2018-24.9%-15.3%-33.0%
Q2 2018+0.8%-1.0%+2.7%
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