BE vs BW vs HY Stock Comparison

Bloom Energy, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises and Hyster-Yale Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BE Bloom Energy Corp
$200.35 -30.1% 1M +55.2% 1Y
Market cap
$59.21B
P/E
113.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.83B
Div. yield
–
Fuel Cells Industrials
7 wins
HY Hyster-Yale, Inc.
$30.20 -5.7% 1M -12.6% 1Y
Market cap
$541.06M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
4.77%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Bloom Energy leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Bloom Energy 7, Hyster-Yale 2, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBEBWHYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $59.21B $548.18M $541.06M BE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 113.9x -15.8x -4.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 77.7x 26.3x — BW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +110.6% +42.6% -11.1% BE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.5% -4.0% -3.3% BE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 31.2% 14.3% -8.9% BE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.9x -2.8x -14.3x HY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 4.77% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +55.2% -1.6% -12.6% BE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +44.4%/yr -13.3%/yr -7.3%/yr BE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 110.5% 115.4% 51.7% HY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 49/100 31/100 BE

Percentile Scorecard

BEBWHY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBEBWHY
Valuation 48 #33 of 63 58 #27 of 63 66 #71 of 204
Growth 100 #1 of 60 70 #19 of 60 4 #184 of 191
Profitability 91 #6 of 57 71 #17 of 57 25 #142 of 189
Financial Health 89 #9 of 72 41 #43 of 72 11 #197 of 221
Shareholder Returns 74 #9 of 32 7 #30 of 32 51 #79 of 159
Overall 80 49 31
  • BE ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • BW ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • HY ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBEBWHYSPY
1 month -30.1%-34.8%-5.7% -1.0%
3 months -14.4%-61.3%-25.5% -0.4%
6 months -29.8%-76.3%-18.1% +4.5%
Year to date +130.6%-42.0%+1.6% +12.4%
1 year +55.2%-1.6%-12.6% +13.6%
3 years +1,755.1%+44.3%-30.9% +76.4%
3 years, per year +164.9%+13.0%-11.6% +20.8%
5 years +526.1%-50.9%-31.6% +63.7%
5 years, per year +44.4%-13.3%-7.3% +10.4%
10 years —-97.3%-42.5% +267.7%
10 years, per year —-30.4%-5.4% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureBEBWHYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 110.5%115.4%51.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 107.1%105.4%50.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.373.201.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.50-0.01-0.24 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.9%-97.4%-67.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.1%-83.2%-25.5% -1.6%
52-week high $345.85$21.85$40.56 $779.14
52-week low $76.97$3.68$26.49 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBEBWHY
P/E now vs peer median 113.9xmedian 26.4x -15.8xmedian 26.4x -4.6xmedian 25.5x
P/S now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 2.6x 0.7xmedian 2.6x 0.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 89.5xmedian 19.6x 12.5xmedian 19.6x -29.8xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 135.6xmedian 29.9x -9.4xmedian 29.9x 36.6xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 1.8x 9.6xmedian 1.8x 1.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.62median 0.71 -0.64median 0.71 0.06median 1.16

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBEBWHY
Revenue $3.83B $821.95M $3.51B
Gross profit $1.24B $160.14M $539.30M
Operating income $567.42M $22.49M -$81.30M
Net income $522.95M -$18.35M -$116.90M
Free cash flow $436.71M -$58.17M $14.80M
R&D $235.76M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.60 $-0.21 $-6.53
Cash & equivalents $2.49B $308.63M –
Total debt $2.95M $209.43M $500.00M
Shares (diluted) 324.29M 154.51M 17.91M
Enterprise value $49.14B $19.15M $557.16M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBEBWHY
P/E 113.9x -15.8x -4.6x
P/FCF 135.6x -9.4x 36.6x
P/Operating cash flow 85.7x -15.8x 7.0x
P/S 15.5x 0.7x 0.2x
P/B 30.2x 9.6x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 30.2x 12.5x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 89.5x 12.5x -29.8x
EV/EBIT 100.0x 20.0x -12.8x
EV/Revenue 14.8x 0.5x 0.3x
EV/FCF 129.9x -7.7x 70.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 82.1x -12.9x 13.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.62 -0.64 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBEBWHY
Revenue growth (1Y) 110.6% 42.6% -11.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 38.6% 3.5% -3.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 118.4% 20.7% -27.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 91.3% -2.8% -3.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 530.6% 879.4% -204.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 60.9% 17.5% -41.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 3,052% 87.7% -601.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 51.0% 17.3% -73.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 2,359% 87.1% -620.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.5% 24.6% -73.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 283.7% 72.4% -46.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.4% -73.7% -3.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 223.0% 57.3% -83.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.3% -120.7% -37.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBEBWHY
Gross margin 32.3% 19.5% 15.4%
EBITDA margin 16.6% 4.4% -1.0%
Operating margin 14.8% 2.7% -2.3%
Pretax margin 13.8% -8.8% -2.9%
Net margin 13.5% -4.0% -3.3%
FCF margin 11.4% -7.1% 0.4%
Operating cash flow margin 18.0% -4.2% 2.2%
Return on equity 29.0% – -27.7%
Return on assets 8.6% -8.9% -5.9%
Return on invested capital 31.2% 14.3% -8.9%
Return on capital employed 12.1% 5.9% -8.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.9x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.9x -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 5.2% 2.0% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBEBWHY
Debt / assets 0.0% 21.0% 25.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 3.7x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.9x -2.8x -14.3x
Debt / FCF 0.0x -3.6x 33.8x
Liabilities / assets 70.1% 94.3% 79.6%
Equity / assets 29.9% 5.7% 20.4%
Interest coverage 15.9x 0.9x -2.7x
Current ratio 3.7x 1.5x 1.3x
Quick ratio 2.8x 1.1x –
Cash ratio 1.8x 0.6x –
Altman Z-score 8.53 -0.96 2.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBEBWHY
Dividend yield – – 4.8%
Net buyback yield -0.1% -70.1% -1.5%
Shareholder yield -0.1% -70.1% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -22.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 174.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 5.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBEBWHY
Forward P/E 77.7xFY2026 26.3xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.58FY2026 $0.14FY2026 $-3.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +239.5%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +100.0% +221.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.39BFY2026 $1.01BFY2026 $3.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +117.4%FY2026 +71.1%FY2026 -13.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +61.3% +35.9% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBEBWHY
Held by institutions 80.5% 88.0% 48.6%
Institutions holding 1,283 200 153
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.9% +24.0% +2.6%
Institutions buying 808 146 88
Institutions selling 385 41 41
Buyers to sellers 2.10 3.56 2.15

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BEBWHY
BE 1.00 0.47 0.28
BW 0.47 1.00 0.17
HY 0.28 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BE, BW and HY?

Bloom Energy (BE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bloom Energy (BE) $59.21B, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) $548.18M, Hyster-Yale (HY) $541.06M.

Which company is growing faster?

Bloom Energy (BE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bloom Energy (BE) +110.6%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) +42.6%, Hyster-Yale (HY) -11.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bloom Energy (BE) has the highest net margin (Bloom Energy (BE) 13.5%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -4.0%, Hyster-Yale (HY) -3.3%). On return on invested capital, Bloom Energy (BE) leads (Bloom Energy (BE) 31.2%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 14.3%, Hyster-Yale (HY) -8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bloom Energy (BE) returned the most: Bloom Energy (BE) +55.2%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -1.6%, Hyster-Yale (HY) -12.6%. Over five years, Bloom Energy (BE) compounded fastest (Bloom Energy (BE) +44.4%/yr, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) -13.3%/yr, Hyster-Yale (HY) -7.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hyster-Yale (HY) 4.77%. Bloom Energy (BE) and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hyster-Yale (HY) has been the steadiest (Bloom Energy (BE) 110.5%, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) 115.4%, Hyster-Yale (HY) 51.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BE, BW and HY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bloom Energy (BE) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.