What Happened?
Shares of electricity storage and software provider Fluence (NASDAQ: FLNC) fell 7.5% in the morning session after Mizuho downgraded the company's stock to Underperform from a Neutral rating.
The downgrade came from an analyst who pointed to concerns over the company's high valuation. While the analyst acknowledged increased demand for battery storage and better profit margins, they expressed doubts about the conversion of its data center pipeline and the integration of a new battery cell line. The firm remained wary due to ongoing production challenges, even as it raised its price target on the stock to $15.00 from $9.00. The negative sentiment from the downgrade appeared to overshadow other company news about completing the first phase of a battery storage project in the U.K.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
Fluence Energy’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 88 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 4 days ago when the stock gained 15.9% on the news that UBS significantly increased its price target on the energy storage company's stock to $22 from $8.
This move came even as the bank kept its "Neutral" rating. According to UBS, the large target increase reflected Fluence's high growth rate compared to its peers and better visibility into improving gross margins, which are a measure of profitability. The positive analyst action followed a similar update from the previous day, when Citigroup also maintained a "Neutral" rating but boosted its price target on the stock to $20 from $7.50.
Fluence Energy is up 31.5% since the beginning of the year, and at $22.24 per share, it is trading close to its 52-week high of $23.96 from December 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Fluence Energy’s shares at the IPO in October 2021 would now be looking at an investment worth $635.43.
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