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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BE Bloom Energy	$86.67 -1.0%	$60.58	$9.02 ▼ $95.69	$20.49B	3.48	15.47 million shs	8.22 million shs
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	$3.59 -0.6%	$2.31	$1.00 ▼ $3.85	$1.09B	1.8	9.55 million shs	8.29 million shs
NEE NextEra Energy	$83.63 -0.5%	$73.94	$61.72 ▼ $86.00	$173.06B	0.66	11.06 million shs	7.48 million shs
PLUG Plug Power	$3.78 +3.6%	$1.99	$0.69 ▼ $4.58	$4.22B	2.23	170.24 million shs	165.03 million shs
SO Southern	$96.11 -0.1%	$93.56	$80.46 ▼ $96.79	$105.80B	0.43	5.53 million shs	4.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BE Bloom Energy	+1.94%	-3.07%	+63.26%	+240.20%	+756.15%
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	-0.55%	+21.96%	+86.08%	+86.08%	+114.88%
NEE NextEra Energy	+0.93%	+6.91%	+20.42%	+12.57%	+4.42%
PLUG Plug Power	-5.68%	+24.57%	+153.47%	+117.26%	+77.18%
SO Southern	-0.23%	+1.46%	+5.78%	+3.07%	+7.71%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BE Bloom Energy	$86.67 -1.0%	$60.58	$9.02 ▼ $95.69	$20.49B	3.48	15.47 million shs	8.22 million shs
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	$3.59 -0.6%	$2.31	$1.00 ▼ $3.85	$1.09B	1.8	9.55 million shs	8.29 million shs
NEE NextEra Energy	$83.63 -0.5%	$73.94	$61.72 ▼ $86.00	$173.06B	0.66	11.06 million shs	7.48 million shs
PLUG Plug Power	$3.78 +3.6%	$1.99	$0.69 ▼ $4.58	$4.22B	2.23	170.24 million shs	165.03 million shs
SO Southern	$96.11 -0.1%	$93.56	$80.46 ▼ $96.79	$105.80B	0.43	5.53 million shs	4.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BE Bloom Energy	+1.94%	-3.07%	+63.26%	+240.20%	+756.15%
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	-0.55%	+21.96%	+86.08%	+86.08%	+114.88%
NEE NextEra Energy	+0.93%	+6.91%	+20.42%	+12.57%	+4.42%
PLUG Plug Power	-5.68%	+24.57%	+153.47%	+117.26%	+77.18%
SO Southern	-0.23%	+1.46%	+5.78%	+3.07%	+7.71%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BE Bloom Energy	2.42	Hold	$50.38	-41.88% Downside
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	1.67	Reduce	$1.70	-52.77% Downside
NEE NextEra Energy	2.80	Moderate Buy	$85.08	1.73% Upside
PLUG Plug Power	1.94	Reduce	$2.35	-37.93% Downside
SO Southern	2.21	Hold	$95.77	-0.35% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NEE, PLUG, BLDP, BE, and SO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/9/2025	PLUG Plug Power	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$4.40
10/9/2025	BLDP Ballard Power Systems	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$3.40
10/9/2025	PLUG Plug Power	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
10/9/2025	BLDP Ballard Power Systems	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$3.60
10/9/2025	BE Bloom Energy	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold	$44.00 ➝ $100.00
10/8/2025	BE Bloom Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
10/8/2025	BLDP Ballard Power Systems	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)
10/8/2025	PLUG Plug Power	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)
10/8/2025	SO Southern	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/6/2025	SO Southern	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	In-Line	$103.00
10/6/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Outperform	$92.00

(Data available from 10/9/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BE Bloom Energy	$1.47B	13.76	$0.18 per share	484.17	$2.55 per share	33.99
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	$69.73M	15.48	N/A	N/A	$2.25 per share	1.60
NEE NextEra Energy	$24.75B	6.96	$6.20 per share	13.48	$29.40 per share	2.84
PLUG Plug Power	$628.81M	6.94	N/A	N/A	$1.98 per share	1.91
SO Southern	$26.72B	3.96	$8.86 per share	10.85	$33.47 per share	2.87

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BE Bloom Energy	-$29.23M	$0.04	2,167.29	N/A	138.92	1.45%	6.80%	1.48%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	-$324.24M	-$0.99	N/A	N/A	N/A	-409.35%	-21.52%	-18.62%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
NEE NextEra Energy	$6.95B	$2.86	29.24	21.12	2.89	22.84%	12.31%	3.86%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
PLUG Plug Power	-$2.10B	-$2.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	-292.84%	-90.22%	-50.27%	11/11/2025 (Estimated)
SO Southern	$4.40B	$3.89	24.71	20.94	3.33	15.10%	12.09%	3.06%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NEE, PLUG, BLDP, BE, and SO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/6/2025	Q3 2025	BE Bloom Energy	$0.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	$425.18 million	N/A
11/4/2025	Q3 2025	BLDP Ballard Power Systems	-$0.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.76 million	N/A
10/30/2025	Q3 2025	SO Southern	$1.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.04 billion	N/A
10/22/2025	Q3 2025	NEE NextEra Energy	$1.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.13 billion	N/A
8/11/2025	Q2 2025	BLDP Ballard Power Systems	-$0.10	-$0.0808	+$0.0192	-$0.08	$17.94 million	$17.98 million
8/11/2025	Q2 2025	PLUG Plug Power	-$0.15	-$0.16	-$0.01	-$0.20	$157.97 million	$173.97 million
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	BE Bloom Energy	$0.02	$0.10	+$0.08	-$0.18	$382.23 million	$401.24 million
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	SO Southern	$0.9910	$0.91	-$0.0810	$0.79	$6.70 billion	$6.97 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	NEE NextEra Energy	$1.01	$1.05	+$0.04	$0.98	$7.52 billion	$6.70 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BE Bloom Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NEE NextEra Energy	$2.27	2.71%	N/A	79.37%	31 Years
PLUG Plug Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SO Southern	$2.96	3.08%	N/A	76.09%	25 Years

Latest NEE, PLUG, BLDP, BE, and SO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/24/2025	NEE NextEra Energy	quarterly	$0.5665	3.12%	8/28/2025	8/28/2025	9/15/2025
7/21/2025	SO Southern	quarterly	$0.74	3.12%	8/18/2025	8/18/2025	9/8/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BE Bloom Energy	2.18	4.99	3.21
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	0.03	9.31	8.32
NEE NextEra Energy	1.36	0.54	0.45
PLUG Plug Power	0.22	1.59	0.82
SO Southern	1.69	0.74	0.54

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BE Bloom Energy	77.04%
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	28.02%
NEE NextEra Energy	78.72%
PLUG Plug Power	43.48%
SO Southern	64.10%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BE Bloom Energy	3.60%
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	0.16%
NEE NextEra Energy	0.20%
PLUG Plug Power	1.41%
SO Southern	0.16%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BE Bloom Energy	2,127	234.00 million	225.57 million	Optionable
BLDP Ballard Power Systems	1,370	300.58 million	300.10 million	Optionable
NEE NextEra Energy	9,300	2.06 billion	2.06 billion	Optionable
PLUG Plug Power	3,224	1.15 billion	1.14 billion	Optionable
SO Southern	28,600	1.10 billion	1.10 billion	Optionable

NEE, PLUG, BLDP, BE, and SO Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Southern (NYSE:SO) Earns Buy (B) Rating from Weiss Ratings

1 hour ago | marketbeat.com

Southern (NYSE:SO) Stock Rating Upgraded by Evercore ISI

October 8 at 7:33 AM | marketbeat.com

Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC Sells 5,464 Shares of Southern Company (The) $SO

October 8 at 5:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Position in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 8 at 4:26 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern Company (The) $SO Shares Sold by DAVENPORT & Co LLC

October 8 at 4:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern ITS International, Inc., DBA CorpHQ, Announces the Appointment of Josh Chumley as Chief People Officer and Franklin Santagate as Chief Strategy Officer

October 7 at 3:05 PM | prnewswire.com

Southern (NYSE:SO) Reaches New 1-Year High - Here's Why

October 7 at 1:17 PM | marketbeat.com

MADDEN SECURITIES Corp Has $336,000 Stock Holdings in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 7 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC Buys New Shares in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 7 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern Company (The) $SO Shares Acquired by Simplicity Wealth LLC

October 7 at 4:22 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern Co. (SO) Beats Stock Market Upswing: What Investors Need to Know

October 6 at 7:16 PM | zacks.com

Georgia Power grid emerges stronger following Hurricane Helene

October 6 at 2:55 PM | prnewswire.com

Lavras Gold Corp. Participating in the Geophysics Day Celebration in the Town of Lavras do Sul, Southern Brazil

October 6 at 8:16 AM | newsfilecorp.comN

Capital Advisors Inc. OK Has $85.27 Million Holdings in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 6 at 6:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Cullinan Associates Inc. Boosts Stake in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 6 at 5:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern Company (The) $SO Shares Bought by Merit Financial Group LLC

October 6 at 4:54 AM | marketbeat.com

OLD National Bancorp IN Purchases New Stake in Southern Company (The) $SO

October 6 at 4:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC Buys 6,155 Shares of Southern Company (The) $SO

October 6 at 4:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Sells 115,837 Shares of Southern Company (The) $SO

October 6 at 3:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Southern (NYSE:SO) Rating Lowered to Sector Perform at Scotiabank

October 6 at 2:07 AM | americanbankingnews.com

The Southern Company (SO): A Hidden Gem in the Dividend Champions List

October 5, 2025 | insidermonkey.com

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NEE, PLUG, BLDP, BE, and SO Company Descriptions

Bloom Energy NYSE:BE

$86.67 -0.91 (-1.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$86.60 -0.07 (-0.08%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Ballard Power Systems NASDAQ:BLDP

$3.59 -0.02 (-0.55%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$3.57 -0.02 (-0.56%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Ballard Power Systems Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and service of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products. The company offers its products for power product comprising for bus, truck, rail, marine, stationary, and emerging market, such as material handling, off-road, and other applications. It also engages in the delivery of services, including technology solutions, after sales services, and training; and provision of engineering services, product and systems integration services, and related technology transfer for a variety of PEM fuel cell applications. It operates in the United States, Germany, Canada, China, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Belgium, India, Taiwan, Spain, Norway, Australia, Japan, and internationally. The company has a strategic alliance with Linamar Corporation for the co-development and sale of fuel cell powertrains and components for class 1 and 2 vehicles in North America and Europe. Ballard Power Systems Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$83.63 -0.41 (-0.49%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$83.88 +0.25 (+0.29%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

Plug Power NASDAQ:PLUG

$3.78 +0.13 (+3.56%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$3.78 0.00 (-0.13%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Plug Power Inc. develops hydrogen and fuel cell product solutions in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers GenDrive, a hydrogen-fueled proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system that provides power to material handling electric vehicles; GenSure, a stationary fuel cell solution that offers modular PEM fuel cell power to support the backup and grid-support power requirements of the telecommunications, transportation, and utility sectors; ProGen, a fuel cell stack and engine technology used in mobility and stationary fuel cell systems, and as engines in electric delivery vans; GenFuel, a liquid hydrogen fueling delivery, generation, storage, and dispensing system; GenCare, an ongoing Internet of Things-based maintenance and on-site service program for GenDrive fuel cell systems, GenSure fuel cell systems, GenFuel hydrogen storage and dispensing products, and ProGen fuel cell engines; and GenKey, an integrated turn-key solution for transitioning to fuel cell power. It also provides electrolyzers, a hydrogen generator for clean hydrogen production; liquefaction systems that provides liquid hydrogen to customers; cryogenic equipment for the distribution of liquified hydrogen, oxygen, argon, nitrogen and other cryogenic gases, including trailers and mobile storage equipment; and liquid hydrogen, an alternative fuel to fossil-based energy. The company sells its products through a direct product sales force, original equipment manufacturers, and dealer networks. Plug Power Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Latham, New York.

Southern NYSE:SO

$96.11 -0.07 (-0.07%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$95.68 -0.43 (-0.45%)

As of 07:49 PM Eastern

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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