One holder got greedy, and all Bloom holders are suffering for it today. Well that was quick. Just 24 hours after J. Morgan upgraded hydrogen fuel cell company Bloom Energy (BE -9.
96%) stock on Wednesday, sending Bloom stock soaring 18% in a day, Bloom stock is turning tail and tumbling back down again. Bloom stock fell 9% through 12:30 p. Image source: Getty Images.
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Morgan nearly doubled its target price yesterday, advising investors to buy Bloom stock on the theory that Congressional "48E tax credits" will encourage more companies to use Bloom's fuel cells, and boost fit margins for Bloom itself.
Many investors d the sound of that, bidding up Bloom stock strongly. No sooner had this happened, though, than one Bloom investor decided to cash in on the stock price surge -- by selling half its s.
As confirmed in an SEC filing, SK ecoplant will sell 10 million Bloom s for $28. Is Bloom stock a sell.
According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, SK is an insider investor in Bloom, owning just over 10% of the company's s outstanding -- 23.
Today's sale will cut that stake roughly in half, limiting SK's exposure should Bloom's stock price flag, and locking in fits from yesterday's big stock price surge. This seems prudent to me.
Morgan may be optimistic Bloom's future, the company reported less than $5 million in fit over the last 12 months, and its P/E ratio stretches well beyond 1,000x earnings.
Bloom generates more free cash flow than it reports as net fit, but its price-to-free cash flow ratio is 87 times FCF, which seems pricey despite growth forecasts for 25% over the next five years.
There's good reason for SK to be selling -- and good reason for other investors to do wise. JPMorgan Chase is an advertising partner of Motley Fool Money.
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