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How Plug Power Inc. stacks up
PLUG · against 695 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
3/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #686 of 696 · scores higher than 1% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including PLUG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 3?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 98% of peers. Operating margin: -95.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 98% of peers. Return on assets: -12.2% vs peer median 3.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 94% of peers. Return on invested capital: -10.1% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PLUG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PLUG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 666 reported | -10.1% | 8.2% | 3% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 699 reported | -95.7% | 8.5% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 658 reported | -12.2% | 3.6% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 654 reported | -145.0% | 9.3% | 0% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 702 reported | -24.7% | 26.3% | 0% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PLUGScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score