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How good a business is PLUG?
Plug Power Inc. keeps −173% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 7.3% for the median Electrical Equipment & Parts name.
−173%
Operating margin · Electrical Equipment & Parts median 7.3% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +23%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 7.2%
R&D as % of revenue
- Gross margin
- −19%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −111% |
| FY2021 | −87% |
| FY2022 | −97% |
| FY2023 | −151% |
| FY2024 | −321% |
| FY2025 | −207% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −19%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −173%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −221%
- Free cash flow margin
- −70%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 7.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $744M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$523M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$1.64B
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Electrical Equipment & Parts
Ranks #8 of 20 by Smart Score