BE Gross Margin Analysis

Gross margin is the share of revenue a company keeps after paying direct production costs, so 33.4% means BE retains $0.334 of every sales dollar before other expenses.

This sits far below the sector median of 46.4%, placing BE in the 27th percentile of peers—most comparable companies convert a larger portion of sales into gross profit. The trend figure is N/A for the year-over-year change, but the quarter-over-quarter change shows a +11.3% gain, from 30.0% to 33.4% in the most recent sequential period. The combination of a low absolute margin with a recent upward move implies persistent competitive cost pressure, though the QoQ improvement offers some near-term risk mitigation. Because the level remains well under the sector benchmark and the YoY direction is unknown, this metric contradicts any positive case and directly supports the overall CAUTIOUS verdict on the stock.

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