![]() ![]() Bulls would also point to the stated $1.2 trillion market opportunity the company is addressing. ![]() In an age where valuation multiples have taken a backseat in high growth sectors, this premium is not too significant especially as the company is expecting revenue to grow by more than 114% to $315 million in 2022. With Stem estimating fiscal 2021 revenue to come in at $147 million, this would place the company's forward 1-year revenue multiple at 32x. Is Stem truly as revolutionary as its bulls claim? Is the hype warranted? Further, while Stem's SPAC deal was completed at an implied equity value of $1.35 billion, its market capitalization has now risen to $4.74 billion with 135.4 million shares expected to be outstanding and its common shares currently trading at $35 per share. This level of hype and borderline euphoria around a stock always creates a level of skepticism. ![]() There has been a material level of hype around Stem from retail investors as well as established outlets like CNBC who listed the company on its " 10 SPACs To Die For" and Citron Research who called the stock the " most compelling market ESG story" with a $100 price target. The SPAC transaction will see Stem become a public company 12 years after it was founded. in a transaction that will see the smart energy storage firm raise $608 million of gross proceeds, including a $225 million PIPE. The firm is going public with a merger with blank check company Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. For more information, go to the website.Stem Inc (NYSE: STPK) describes itself as a market leader in AI-driven clean energy storage systems. With more than US$600 million in customer orders booking in the year-to-date and what the company described as a line of sight to finish this year with a billion-dollar-backlog, Stem Inc claimed it is positioned to be EBITDA positive by the second half of next year.Įnergy-Storage.news’ publisher Solar Media will host the 5th Energy Storage Summit USA, 28-29 March 2023 in Austin, Texas. Featuring a packed programme of panels, presentations and fireside chats from industry leaders focusing on accelerating the market for energy storage across the country. Stem Inc emphasised that demand that it was already seeing grow for its products and services, has already gone up further since the recent passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) climate policies. It ended the third quarter with US$294 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. Meanwhile, non-cash revaluation of warrants tied to changes in the value of underlying stock took the company to a net loss of US$34 million in the quarter, versus net income of US$116 million in the third quarter of 2021. The year-on-year EBITDA decrease was explained by the company as the result of increased personnel costs and investment in growth initiatives. Its EBITDA is expected to be between -US$60 million and -US$20 million, with adjusted EBITDA for the quarter -US$13 million versus -US$7 million in the third quarter of 2021. ![]() Stem Inc reaffirmed its previously-offered revenue guidance for this year in the range of US$350 million to US$425 million and raised the lower end of expected value of bookings from US$775 million to US$850 million, while the upper end remained unchanged at US$950 million. The company went publicly listed in late 2020 and company leadership said in filings with the SEC that it believed it could achieve profitability during, but not likely before, 2023. However, the cost of scaling and commercialisation still stands in the way of Stem Inc turning a profit. Stem said higher-than-guided revenues were driven largely by higher hardware revenues in both the front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter segments, while AlsoEnergy contributed US$17 million of revenue. The acquisition of solar PV monitoring and controls software company AlsoEnergy just before the end of 2021 also contributed to company earnings, putting a 25GW portfolio of solar assets under management into Stem Inc’s hands. The company’s storage assets under management grew from 1.4GWh to 2.4GWh from Q3 2021 to Q3 2022, and its contracted backlog is worth US$817.2 million, up from US$727 million as of the end of Q2 2022. Over the first nine months of this year, Stem Inc earned US$207.5 million revenues, already smashing the 2021 full-year total of US$127 million. That was more than 150% higher than the US$39.8 million recorded in the same period of 2021 and 49% more than the US$67 million revenue it recorded in Q2 this year. ![]()
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