Wednesday, September 18, 2019

"Bloom Energy stock tanks as short seller calls for its demise" (BE)

Bloom was last seen in April 19's  "Checking in with The Fly—'New Plan of Attack: Buy All the IPOs'":
We usually visit Le Fly during market breaks to observe unmedicated bipolar disturbance in its natural habitat, markets.
Today however we wanted to see how he was reacting to the eerie calm we've seen this week.
And after the jumps an old nemesis, Bloom Energy.....
....And then the one that got my attention: 
Fly Buy: $BE

Hey, that's Bloom Energy! We know Bloom Energy. We don't care for Bloom Energy.
The company came public last July at $15.00, popped 30% on the first day and went higher from there:
https://www.finviz.com/chart.ashx?t=BE&ty=c&ta=1&p=d&s=l  
And then collapsed.
However, we're no (anti) Bloomies come lately, no sirree. Our dislike goes back years. 
Here's a post from 2016:
More Silicon Valley Bullshit: Bloom Energy May Be Worth Less Than The VC Cash It Has Raised

And a few more:
Anyone keeping tabs would have been tipped as early as 2008 and definitely by the time we posted:
May, 2010
The Company you Keep: "Bloom, Fisker and Serious Materials Raising Cash from Advanced Equities"
November 2012 
Phi Scamma Jamma: Late Stage VC Investor Advanced Equities Shutting Down (Bloom; Fisker etc.)
Bloom Energy on 60 Minutes: "Can You Believe the Hype" (BLDP; FCEL; PLUG; GE; SI)
Is the Bloom Energy Payback Period 15 Years?
Fortune Exclusive: Bloom Energy's Earnings
Things have changed since Kleiner Perkins Orchestrated the hype machine back in February 2010....
And many more, use the 'search blog' box if interested.