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EQUITY RESEARCH
COMPANY UPDATE
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March 26, 2026
Advanced Materials
Intraday Report
BE-NYSE (2026-03-25)
$150.22
Stock Rating:
PERFORM
Colin Rusch
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Bloom Energy Corporation
Announces Simon Edwards as CFO
BE announced the appointment of Groq CEO Simon Edwards as its CFO, effective
April 13. We anticipate investors viewing the appointment favorably–resolution of the
near one-year vacancy in the CFO role addresses a lingering overhang on shares.
We see Edwards's previous leadership roles at the intersection of AI hardware and
software align well with BE's strong data center growth prospects. With near-term
capital needs supported by BE's healthy balance sheet, we anticipate Edwards
offering incremental rigor and color as BE manages a robust capacity and revenue
ramp.
KEY POINTS
■ What happened? BE announced the appointment of Simon Edwards as CFO,
effective April 13. Edwards joins BE from his current role as CEO of inference-
focused ASIC provider Groq, overseeing its expansion and licensing agreement
with NVDA. Previous experience includes CFO of SaaS companies Conga and
ServiceMax, where he served as CFO ahead of the company's acquisition by
PTC in early 2023.
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Bloom Energy Corporation
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Stock Prices as of March 26, 2026
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA - NASDAQ, $178.68, OUTPERFORM)
Rating and Price Target History for: Bloom Energy Corporation (BE) as of 03-25-20262001501005002023 2024 2025 2026
Created by: BlueMatrix
Rating and Price Target History for: NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) as of 03-25-2026
2502001501005002023 2024 2025 2026
03/21/23O:$3005/17/23O:$3505/25/23O:$4208/16/23O:$5008/23/23O:$6502/15/24O:$8503/19/24O:$11006/10/24O:$15011/13/24O:$17507/14/25O:$20008/28/25O:$22511/12/25O:$265
Created by: BlueMatrix
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IB Serv/Past 12 Mos.
Rating Count Percent Count Percent
OUTPERFORM [O] 466 66.86 196 42.06
PERFORM [P] 230 33.00 92 40.00
UNDERPERFORM [U] 1 0.14 0 0.00
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