Develops and manufactures proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems. Provides hydrogen generation, storage, and dispensing infrastructure. Now — the numbers.
Revenue is spread across several lines; no single product carries the company.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Average growth of 9% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 4.1× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 4% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 48% above today's price.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 95% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 9% a year on average.
The company sells $709.9M a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 83 buys and 8 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $1.6B against $709.9M in annual sales.
This stock swings about 2.2 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, PLUG sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: PLUG has solid sales but closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (4/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.