What if you invested in Bloom Energy in 2018?
BE · Energy · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Bloom Energy in 2018
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $3,010(+201%)
The S&P 500 returned $3,010 on the same $1,000. Bloom Energy beat the market by $10,123.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Bloom Energy starting January 2018
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $23.05 | $1,000 | - |
| 2019 | $9.45 | $410 | -59% |
| 2020 | $7.88 | $342 | -16.6% |
| 2021 | $34.91 | $1,515 | +343% |
| 2022 | $15.08 | $654 | -56.8% |
| 2023 | $24.93 | $1,082 | +65.3% |
| 2024 | $11.32 | $491 | -54.6% |
| 2025 | $23.58 | $1,023 | +108.3% |
| 2026 | $151.37 | $6,567 | +541.9% |
What this return means
A $1,000 position in Bloom Energy (BE) opened in 2018 is worth $13,132 today. That works out to +1213.2%, about 13x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 35% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 8.6 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $3,010, so Bloom Energy beat the index by roughly $10,123. The index compounded at about 13.7% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +343.0%, and the worst was 2019 at -59.0%. At its lowest point the position was down about 68% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Bloom Energy at the close of every month from July 2018 through June 2026 means 96 buys and $9,600 contributed over about 8 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$193,751
+1,918.2% on $9,600 in
Same $9,600, all in at the start
$126,070
+1,213.2% on $9,600 in
Spreading the buys out beat going all in at the start by $67,680. That happens when the price spent time below where it began, so averaging in caught the cheaper months. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $15.00 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from BE split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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