Bloom Energy Corp BE shares closed Thursday down 8.14% to $16.81, despite the company posting stronger-than-expected first-quarter results.

What To Know: The company reported earnings of three cents per share, surpassing Wall Street’s expected loss of seven cents and reversing a 17 cent loss from a year earlier.

Revenue jumped 38.6% year-over-year to $326 million, beating the $293.87 million consensus. Product and service revenue rose 26.5% to $265.4 million, while non-GAAP gross margin expanded to 28.7%, up from 17.5% a year ago.

Operating performance also improved, with a non-GAAP profit of $13.2 million compared to a $30.7 million loss last year.

What Else: The company announced CFO Dan Berenbaum will depart effective May 1, prompting a leadership transition as Chief Accounting Officer Maciej Kurzymski steps in as acting finance chief. CEO KR Sridhar cited strong execution and ongoing demand from AI and industrial electrification as tailwinds.

Bloom, meanwhile, reaffirmed its full-year revenue guidance of $1.65 billion to $1.85 billion, aligning with analysts’ $1.73 billion forecast, but investor response remained cautious following the earnings release.

How To Buy BE Stock

By now, you're likely curious about how to participate in the market for Bloom Energy — be it to purchase shares, or even attempt to bet against the company.

Buying shares is typically done through a brokerage account. You can find a list of possible trading platforms here. Many will allow you to buy “fractional shares,” which allows you to own portions of stock without buying an entire share.

In the case of Bloom Energy, which is trading at $16.99 as of writing, $100 would buy you 5.89 shares of stock.

If you're looking to bet against a company, the process is more complex. You'll need access to an options trading platform, or a broker who will allow you to “go short” a share of stock by lending you the shares to sell. The process of shorting a stock can be found at this resource. Otherwise, if your broker allows you to trade options, you can either buy a put option, or sell a call option at a strike price above where shares are currently trading — either way it allows you to profit off of the share price decline.

According to data from Benzinga Pro, BE has a 52-week high of $29.83 and a 52-week low of $9.02.

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