Bloom Energy
BE · Electrical Components & Equipment
$193.30
11.2%Vicor
VICR · Electrical Components & Equipment
$176.04
2.2%The short version
- Bloom Energy is the larger business, with $2.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $453M for Vicor, about 4.5 times as much.
- Bloom Energy grew revenue faster (37.3%, against 26.1%).
- Vicor kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.1% operating margin, against 3.6% operating margin).
- Vicor turned more of its sales into free cash flow (26.3% FCF margin, against 2.8% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Bloom Energy’s earnings: a P/E of 117.9x against 58.7x for Vicor.
| Latest fiscal year | BE · FY25 | VICR · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $62.7B | $8.3B |
| Revenue | $2.0B | $453M |
| Free cash flow | $57.2M | $119M |
| Net income | −$87.1M | $119M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 37.3% | 26.1% |
| 5-year growth | 20.6% | 8.8% |
| Share count change | 5.7% | 0.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.0% | 57.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | −4.3% | 26.2% |
| FCF margin | 2.8% | 26.3% |
| Return on capital | 5.8% | — |
| Return on equity | −13.1% | 18.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $173M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.9M | $35.2M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 117.9x | 58.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | — |
FY16
BE $209M
VICR $200M
FY17
BE $366M
VICR $228M
FY18
BE $633M
VICR $291M
FY19
BE $785M
VICR $263M
FY20
BE $794M
VICR $297M
FY21
BE $972M
VICR $359M
FY22
BE $1.2B
VICR $399M
FY23
BE $1.3B
VICR $405M
FY24
BE $1.5B
VICR $359M
FY25
BE $2.0B
VICR $453M
BE
VICR
FY16
BE −115.6%
VICR −3.2%
FY17
BE −42.4%
VICR −0.6%
FY18
BE −26.1%
VICR 11.0%
FY19
BE −29.7%
VICR 5.3%
FY20
BE −10.2%
VICR 5.9%
FY21
BE −11.8%
VICR 15.5%
FY22
BE −21.8%
VICR 6.8%
FY23
BE −15.7%
VICR 12.7%
FY24
BE 1.6%
VICR −0.4%
FY25
BE 3.6%
VICR 18.1%
BE
VICR
FY16
BE −$292M
VICR −$7.9M
FY17
BE −$153M
VICR −$15.0M
FY18
BE −$137M
VICR $18.0M
FY19
BE $113M
VICR $9.7M
FY20
BE −$137M
VICR $6.1M
FY21
BE −$110M
VICR $6.7M
FY22
BE −$309M
VICR −$41.0M
FY23
BE −$456M
VICR $41.1M
FY24
BE $33.2M
VICR $27.2M
FY25
BE $57.2M
VICR $119M
BE
VICR
FY16
BE —
VICR —
FY17
BE —
VICR —
FY18
BE —
VICR —
FY19
BE −68.2%
VICR —
FY20
BE −23.2%
VICR —
FY21
BE −43.4%
VICR —
FY22
BE −71.5%
VICR —
FY23
BE −28.7%
VICR —
FY24
BE 2.1%
VICR —
FY25
BE 5.8%
VICR —
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