Heliogen, Inc.

OTCPK:HLGN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.5m

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Heliogen Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Heliogen has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 5.3%, while the Electrical industry saw earnings growing at 13% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.2% per year. Heliogen's return on equity is 179.8%, and it has net margins of 190.9%.

Key information

5.30%

Earnings growth rate

59.78%

EPS growth rate

Electrical Industry Growth9.91%
Revenue growth rate3.20%
Return on equity179.83%
Net Margin190.88%
Last Earnings Update31 Mar 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article • Feb 09

Analysts Just Shaved Their Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE:HLGN) Forecasts Dramatically

Market forces rained on the parade of Heliogen, Inc. ( NYSE:HLGN ) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded...
Seeking Alpha • Feb 07

Heliogen appoints Christie Obiaya as CEO

Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) on Monday has appointed Christie Obiaya as Chief Executive Officer bringing her strategy and finance expertise to drive Heliogen’s growth and commercialization and added Ms. Obiaya to the board, effective immediately. Ms. Obiaya, head of Heliogen’s Executive Committee and formerly its Chief Financial Officer, replaces Bill Gross, who was removed as Chief Executive Officer and has resigned from the board. Additionally, as part of the leadership transition, Kelly Rosser has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Rosser has served as Heliogen’s Chief Accounting Officer since August 2022.  Shares are up 1.16% after-hours on Monday.
Seeking Alpha • Dec 28

NYSE notifies Heliogen of deficiency for continued listing

NYSE has notified Heliogen (NYSE:HLGN) that the average closing price of its shares over the prior consecutive 30 trading-day period was below $1.00 per share. The $1.00 price is the minimum required average share price for continued listing on NYSE. The renewable energy technology company intends to respond to the NYSE within ten business days. The company has six months to bring its share price and average share price back above $1.00. The company said it is considering all available options to regain compliance, including the consummation of a potential reverse stock split. HLGN shares were trading -0.36% pre-market. Source: Press Release
Seeking Alpha • Nov 08

Heliogen reports Q3 mixes earnings; narrows FY22 revenue outlook below estimates

Heliogen press release (NYSE:HLGN): Q3 GAAP EPS of -$0.14 in-line. Revenue of $3.1M (+40.9% Y/Y) misses by $2.77M. Due to delays in project timing, Heliogen now expects 2022 revenues of $12 - $14 million, revised from its prior guidance of $20 - $25 million vs. consensus of $21.72M.
Analysis Article • Aug 18

What You Need To Know About The Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE:HLGN) Analyst Downgrade Today

One thing we could say about the analysts on Heliogen, Inc. ( NYSE:HLGN ) - they aren't optimistic, having just made a...
Seeking Alpha • Aug 10

Heliogen GAAP EPS of -$0.11, revenue of $2.39M

Heliogen press release (NYSE:HLGN): Q2 GAAP EPS of -$0.11. Revenue of $2.39M. 2022 Guidance Reaffirmed Heliogen today also reaffirmed its previously announced 2022 guidance of two to three modules contracted and $20 - $25 million of revenue.
Seeking Alpha • Jul 22

Heliogen: I Am Still Not Sold On Solar Thermal After Ivanpah

Heliogen is a company that is developing solar thermal energy generation applications. While certainly interesting as a renewable technology, the narrative remains unproven, especially after other issues in the past. Until the company has numerous case studies and a stable financial profile, I will remain uninterested in the investment. Solar Thermal Energy Generation Returns Heliogen (HLGN) is attempting to profit from an area of renewables that has had a few issues over the years: solar thermal. Essentially, mirrors direct light onto a central tower that is full of a high melting point substance, usually molten salt, which then drives steam electricity generation. Benefits over solar panels include the ability for the molten substance to be hot well past sunset to extend the available generation time frame. When combined with energy storage systems, the ability to run constantly is likely, and beneficial for users. This will be the main drawing point for Heliogen clients. However, some issues regarding the generation capabilities of solar thermal plants have risen from NRG Energy (NRG) and Google's (GOOG) Ivanpah site. According to MIT Tech Review, the main issue is cost and production inefficiency, which almost led to the location being decommissioned. Utilities PG&E (PCG) and SoCal Edison (EIX) were quite upset when the plant was not up to contracted energy levels by late 2015, a year after initial operation started: One of the most ambitious solar energy projects on the planet is in trouble. The $2.2 billion Ivanpah concentrated solar power facility in California has fallen well short of its expected power output and now has a year to get itself back on track, or it risks being forced to shut down. Built with great fanfare by BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy, and Google, Ivanpah has been dogged by criticism from environmentalists since construction began. The plant uses thousands of mirrors to concentrate the sun's energy and heat water to produce steam and generate electricity. But since it came online in 2014, the power it produces has been much more expensive than electricity from solar plants that get their energy from photovoltaic cells, to say nothing of power from natural gas. Since then, new solar thermal projects have been few and far between, especially due to falling prices of photovoltaics. While it is noble for Heliogen to step up to the plate and bat for this potentially useful application, especially in smaller-than-utility applications, I am unsure whether the financial outcome will be satisfactory. However, let's take a look at the Heliogen platform so far. Heliogen Investor Presentation Importantly, Heliogen is looking to reduce the cost of concentrated solar technology by using smaller, more efficient applications. In particular, the company looks to drive growth in three ways. First, by allowing modular deployment in various industrial regions, the company has the ability to transmit superheated liquid to neighboring industrial companies for their own usage. At the same time, Heliogen can produce their own electricity and supply it to the grid. Lastly, the company will attempt to leverage the growing hydrogen fuel push by using an electrolyzer to create green hydrogen. Then, the company can deliver renewable fuels around the world. Heliogen It is good that the company is trying to be nimble and not bogged down by heavy infrastructure developments. However, as the company is in an early stage the relative cost of Heliogen's products is not available. Thankfully, development is moving along so far, and multiple contracts have initially been announced. I will let the management summarize recent news, including the announcement of Rio Tinto (RIO) as a customer: 'During the first quarter, we finalized and signed the full project agreement with Woodside for our first commercial-scale, single-module 5 MWe facility,' continued Gross. 'We continue to make great progress with several other potential customers including global metals and mining company Rio Tinto. I'm also pleased with the discussions taking place with Woodside as we kick off our collaboration effort to jointly market Heliogen's technology in Australia. 'On the manufacturing and development side, we have made rapid progress on the build-out of our facility in Long Beach, California. Multiple fully-automated pilot production lines are now operational along with the vast majority of our reliability and testing lab. We remain on track for the main production lines to be operational in the second half of this year. The impressive progress our production team has made on this facility is a testament to their ingenuity and efficiency, which we expect to apply across all manufacturing, installation and operational efforts,' concluded Gross. As you can see, the company is already focusing on the creation of low-cost systems, perhaps at the cost of early funding. However, advanced production technology should play out down the road. This will help reduce the risk associated with the current low cost of competitive forms of energy generation, primarily solar at the moment. To this point, I would like to compare Ivanpah's decline to Heliogen's potential headwinds. As KQED reported in regards to Ivanpah, utilities had to pay almost four times as much for thermal solar than regular photovoltaics, in 2014/15!

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Heliogen makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

OTCPK:HLGN Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 2522412914
31 Dec 2423333616
30 Sep 244-1254319
30 Jun 245-1323819
31 Mar 244-1344520
31 Dec 234-1304921
30 Sep 2310-865727
30 Jun 2311-957333
31 Mar 2312-947834
31 Dec 2214-1428138
30 Sep 2214-1567531
30 Jun 2213-1566624
31 Mar 2212-1924821
31 Dec 219-1373013
30 Sep 214-921710
30 Jun 211-6596
31 Mar 211-1054
31 Dec 200-744

Quality Earnings: HLGN has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: HLGN became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: HLGN has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 5.3% per year.

Accelerating Growth: HLGN has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: HLGN has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electrical industry (6.2%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: HLGN's Return on Equity (179.8%) is considered outstanding.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/08/11 20:56
End of Day Share Price 2025/08/08 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Heliogen, Inc. is covered by 3 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Vikram BagriCitigroup Inc
Robert WertheimerMelius Research LLC
Gabriele SorbaraSiebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC