Bloom Energy (BE) Competitors

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RRX or BE?

99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Bloom Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Bloom Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to RRX or BE?

In the previous week, Regal Rexnord had 3 more articles in the media than Bloom Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Regal Rexnord and 1 mentions for Bloom Energy. Regal Rexnord's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Bloom Energy's score of 1.24 indicating that Regal Rexnord is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regal Rexnord	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bloom Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RRX or BE?

Bloom Energy received 215 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Bloom Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regal Rexnord	Outperform Votes 63 65.63%	Underperform Votes 33 34.38%
Bloom Energy	Outperform Votes 278 59.78%	Underperform Votes 187 40.22%

Which has better valuation & earnings, RRX or BE?

Regal Rexnord has higher revenue and earnings than Bloom Energy. Bloom Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regal Rexnord, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regal Rexnord	$5.90B	1.55	$196.20M	$3.51	39.21
Bloom Energy	$1.56B	3.26	-$302.12M	-$0.05	-438.80

Do analysts recommend RRX or BE?

Regal Rexnord presently has a consensus target price of $171.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Bloom Energy has a consensus target price of $22.97, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than Bloom Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regal Rexnord	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Bloom Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is RRX or BE more profitable?

Regal Rexnord has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Bloom Energy's net margin of -10.29%. Regal Rexnord's return on equity of 9.57% beat Bloom Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regal Rexnord	3.25%	9.57%	4.17%
Bloom Energy	-10.29%	-20.32%	-3.94%

Which has more risk and volatility, RRX or BE?

Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bloom Energy has a beta of 3.2, suggesting that its stock price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Regal Rexnord beats Bloom Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.