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FuelCell Energy

FCEL
16
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
16
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

FuelCell Energy is an American company that builds and operates power plants using fuel cell technology. Instead of burning fuel, its systems use a chemical process to generate electricity cleanly and quietly. The company sells electricity and hydrogen to utilities, industrial facilities, universities, and government customers, mainly in the United States, South Korea, and Europe.

FuelCell makes money by selling fuel cell power plants, signing long-term service contracts, and generating electricity it sells directly to customers. It is a small company with a market cap around $1.1 billion, but its financials show it is spending far more than it earns — gross margins are negative, meaning it costs more to deliver its products than it charges. The biggest risk is that the company has not yet reached profitability, and it depends heavily on government incentives and grants to fund operations; if clean energy subsidies shrink or competition from cheaper technologies intensifies, the path to sustainable revenue becomes much harder.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-4.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+19.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

$373M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$373M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

FuelCell Energy's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-36.3%
Thin — -36.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-218.9%
Losing money on operations — -218.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-18.1%
Weak — -18.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+29.7%
Fast-growing sales (+29.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-74.1%
Burning cash (-74.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.20
Conservative — low debt load (0.20)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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