$5,000 in Bloom Energy at Its COVID-Era Low Would Be Worth This Much Now
Key Points
Bloom shares are trading at about $202 today.
During March 2020, Bloom shares sank to $3 a share.
A $5,000 investment in Bloom at $3 a share would today be worth roughly the equivalent of a house.
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Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) just reported its strongest quarter ever, with revenue crossing the $1 billion marker for the first time in company history. This was the fourth straight quarter Bloom reported year-over-year revenue growth, and, by the looks of it, next quarter could mark a fifth.
Bloom stock has, unsurprisingly, surged this year. If you had invested $5,000 in Bloom this time last year, you'd have about $22,500 now. That's an exceptional return for an energy stock. But it's not the best return you could have ever gotten from Bloom.
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On March 18, Bloom stock, hit with the double whammy of a COVID-19 market sell-off plus an accounting fiasco that had forced the company to restate years of revenue, bottomed out at about $3 a piece. It was one of the lowest share prices in the company's history, and the stock has not returned to that price since.
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Buying $5,000 worth of Bloom at $3 a pop would have been a gold mine. Shares have grown 63-fold since that COVID-era low. In other words, $5,000 then would be worth about $337,000 today. That's a gain of about $332,000, or nearly the average price of a home in the U.S.
You're likely not going to see another 63-fold gain out of Bloom stock anytime soon (that would make it a $4 trillion company). But the stock could, at some point, return to its 52-week high ($350), as long as revenue grows as strongly as predicted. A few shares of Bloom in a well-diversified portfolio could deliver upside, but keep expectations realistic after its recent rally.
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Steven Porrello has positions in Bloom Energy. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bloom Energy. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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