Stock AnalysisJuly 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Is Bloom Energy Stock (BE) Halal? Current Sharia Screen

Bloom Energy develops solid-oxide fuel cells and hydrogen electrolyzers. This screen separates clean-energy activity from debt and liquidity.

Time-sensitive screening snapshot: financial ratios and business mix can change after each filing. This is educational research, not a fatwa or investment advice. Verify the latest filing and your preferred Sharia standard before acting.

The Short Answer

BE is doubtful under the current filing-backed screen. Fuel-cell and hydrogen activity is generally permissible, but debt, liquidity and receivables-plus-cash ratios are all above the examined limits.

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-13.

USD · millions
Interest-bearing debt / assets
55.79%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,602.635 / 4,664.729

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
53.41%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,491.433 / 4,664.729

Receivables + cash / assets
61.11%Above limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

2,850.839 / 4,664.729

Non-compliant income / revenue
2.74%Within limit
No more than 5% under FTSE Yasaar

20.601 / 751.054

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets is 55.79%, liquidity/assets is 53.41% and receivables plus cash/assets is 61.11%, all above the examined FTSE limits.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets, liquidity/assets and receivables plus cash/assets are above the examined MSCI limits.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets is 55.79% and liquidity/assets is 53.41%, above the examined Malaysia SAC limits.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Fails

No licensed historical market-cap series is stored; the asset-based financial screens fail.

Business-activity disclosure

Bloom Energy develops solid-oxide fuel-cell systems, electrolyzers and distributed power solutions. Clean-energy technology is generally permissible, while debt structure and customer end use remain separate qualitative considerations.

Limitation: The filing does not allocate revenue into a universal prohibited-activity numerator, so no percentage is invented.

Purification

The filing discloses $20.601 million of interest income; ZakatInvest does not prescribe a fixed scholar-approved purification percentage.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Bloom Energy's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
  • Debt uses carrying value of recourse and nonrecourse debt; cash is unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.
  • Quarterly revenue was $751.054 million and disclosed interest income was $20.601 million.
  • Bloom Energy develops solid-oxide fuel-cell systems and hydrogen electrolyzers; the filing does not provide a universal prohibited-revenue numerator.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

Business activity

Bloom Energy sells solid-oxide fuel-cell systems and electrolyzers for data centers, hospitals, manufacturing, retail and utility customers. The clean-energy activity is generally permissible; customer concentration and financing structure remain qualitative context.

What the filing changes

The March 31, 2026 filing reports $2.60 billion of debt and $2.49 billion of cash against $4.66 billion of assets. Debt/assets is 55.79%, liquidity/assets is 53.41% and receivables plus cash/assets is 61.11%. Disclosed interest income was $20.601 million.

Bottom line

BE remains doubtful. Revisit the ratios after the next filing and use the school or advisory-board standard you follow.

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