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Plug Power

US · PLUG #2603 by market cap Listed 1999
1.78 -0.08 -4.30%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 31s ago · 2026-10-08 07:00
Pre-market 1.76 -1.14%
After-hours 1.77 -0.48%
Overnight 1.77 -0.56%
Market cap
2.49B
P/B
4.28
EPS
-1.42
Reader sentiment Are you bullish or bearish on PLUG?

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Weak
  • Altman Z-Score is -3.72, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +12.90% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
-34.09%
Operating margin
-95.73%
Net margin
-229.83%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 174.22M229.98M-93.24M502.34M701.44M891.34M628.81M709.92M
Gross profit -26.00M10.65M-469.42M-171.31M-194.36M-507.79M-624.89M-242.04M
Selling & admin expenses 37.69M43.20M79.35M179.85M363.93M422.47M376.11M379.57M
Research & development 12.75M15.06M27.85M64.76M99.58M113.75M77.23M57.96M
Operating profit -76.44M-47.61M-576.61M-415.92M-657.86M-1.04B-1.08B-679.57M
Pretax profit -94.90M-83.74M-627.00M-476.16M-723.17M-1.38B-2.11B-1.69B
Tax -9.30M0-30.85M-16.20M839.00K-7.36M-2.69M356.00K
Net profit -85.61M-83.74M-596.16M-459.97M-724.01M-1.37B-2.10B-1.69B
Basic EPS 00-2-1-1-2-3-1
Diluted EPS -0.39-0.36-1.68-0.82-1.25-2.30-2.68-1.42

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 155.62M394.92M778.28M4.45B3.31B1.79B1.48B1.41B
Cash & ST investments 38.60M152.49M448.14M3.87B2.16B135.03M205.69M368.54M
Inventory 47.91M114.57M134.20M269.16M645.64M961.25M682.64M520.97M
Total assets 390.33M898.72M1.36B5.95B5.76B4.90B3.60B2.59B
Total current liabilities 146.37M187.57M252.21M420.55M635.28M964.80M748.49M610.59M
Short-term debt 91.07M89.53M117.16M92.83M121.08M159.88M226.40M160.71M
Long-term debt 181.46M376.39M366.13M517.07M468.16M480.84M587.31M624.13M
Total liabilities 387,613,000.00664,159,000.00769,828,000.001,344,380,000.001,704,062,000.002,004,613,000.001,795,090,000.001,591,254,000.00
Total equity 2.71M234.56M586.27M4.61B4.06B2.90B1.81B1.00B
Retained earnings -1.26B-1.40B-1.46B-2.40B-3.12B-4.49B-6.59B-8.23B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow -58.35M-53.32M-155.48M-358.18M-828.62M-1.11B-728.64M-535.84M
Depreciation & amortization 12.53M12.64M15.57M23.37M51.60M71.08M84.56M44.56M
Free cash flow -77.92M-67.94M-205.70M-551.44M-1.29B-1.80B-1.06B-661.48M
Dividends paid ----------------
Stock buybacks / issuance 7.20M158.34M1.27B3.59B00857.87M328.42M
Ending cash balance 110.15M369.50M1.63B3.13B1.55B1.17B1.04B993.98M

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % -204.74-124.49-74.45-15.15-16.71-39.34-90.87-120.31
ROA % -23.65-14.73-39.45-11.22-12.36-25.66-49.49-52.65
ROIC % -25.80-10.56-39.89-11.34-13.92-31.26-62.54-66.24
5-year avg ROE % -121.79-110.96-132.13-124.70-95.23-58.23-61.98-56.99
EBIT margin % -37.33-21.70607.61-86.18-97.53-149.33-327.75-229.35
FCF / sales % ----------------
Current ratio 1.062.113.0910.585.201.851.972.31
Quick ratio 0.521.062.239.513.700.520.611.00
Debt / assets 69.8258.6241.3013.6215.5919.7629.9438.43
LT debt / equity 6,688.39186.4275.5515.5719.1527.9149.1485.52
Interest coverage -2.95-1.41-9.37-10.02-17.53-29.45-44.21-25.00
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 19.0440.56--42.3345.02--7.770.40
Net income CAGR (3Y) % ----------------
FCF CAGR (3Y) % ----------------

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Diversified
  • Fuel delivered to customers and related equipment is the largest reported line at 22.14% of revenue, across 9 reported segments.
  • No single line clears half of revenue; Sales of fuel cell systems is next at 17.91%, spreading the business across more than one real driver.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Fuel delivered to customers and related equipment22.14%
Sales of fuel cell systems17.91%
Services performed on fuel cell systems and related infrastructure16.74%
Power Purchase Agreements15.10%
Sales of cryogenic equipment and liquefiers14.97%
Sales of electolyzers7.41%
Sales of hydrogen infrastructure4.61%
Sales of engineered equipment1.03%

Quote time 2026-10-08 07:00:21 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.