Bloom Energy Stock Drops Nearly 30% From High After Short-Seller Report

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Bloom Energy shares have fallen almost 30% from their 52-week high, pressured by general market volatility and a short-seller report, just days after the company announced a landmark $25 billion agreement with Brookfield Asset Management. The stock had more than doubled year to date before the pullback. First-quarter product revenue surged roughly 208% to $653 million, and the company raised full-year revenue guidance to between $3.4 billion and $3.8 billion, implying 68% to 88% growth from 2025. Bloom plans to double its annual production capacity to 2 gigawatts by year-end, though that remains a fraction of the roughly 150 gigawatts of AI data center power demand it expects in the U.S. over the next several years. The company carries a $73 billion market capitalization and trades at about 28 times sales, a premium to the green energy sector average of roughly 3.75, but it has a $20 billion backlog and the Brookfield financing agreement, with revenue projected to grow fivefold over the next two fiscal years.

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Stock dropped nearly 30% from high due to short-seller report and market volatility, despite strong earnings and guidance.

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Bloom Energy's landmark $25B agreement with Brookfield is a major financing deal, but Brookfield is only mentioned as counterparty.

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