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Plug Power (Plug Power) PS Ratio

: 1.79 (As of Today)
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The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Plug Power's share price is $2.675. Plug Power's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.49. Hence, Plug Power's PS Ratio for today is 1.79.

Good Sign:

Plug Power Inc stock PS Ratio (=1.82) is close to 5-year low of 1.8

The historical rank and industry rank for Plug Power's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PLUG' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 4.5   Max: 35.98
Current: 1.8

During the past 13 years, Plug Power's highest PS Ratio was 35.98. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 4.50.

PLUG's PS Ratio is ranked worse than
54.24% of 2970 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs PLUG: 1.80

Plug Power's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.37. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.49.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Plug Power was 23.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Plug Power's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 28.30% per year. The lowest was -38.30% per year. And the median was -5.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Plug Power PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plug Power's PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Plug Power Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.26 - 31.37 10.22 3.01

Plug Power Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PS Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.22 8.86 6.95 5.06 3.01

Competitive Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Plug Power's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Plug Power PS Ratio Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Plug Power's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plug Power's PS Ratio falls into.



Plug Power PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Plug Power's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=2.675/1.492
=1.79

Plug Power's Share Price of today is $2.675.
Plug Power's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.49.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Plug Power  (NAS:PLUG) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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Plug Power (Plug Power) Business Description

Address
968 Albany Shaker Road, Latham, NY, USA, 12110
Plug Power is building an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem—from production, storage and delivery to energy generation. The company plans to build and operate green hydrogen highways across North America and Europe. Plug will deliver its green hydrogen solutions directly to its customers and through joint venture partners into multiple end markets—including material handling, e-mobility, power generation, and industrial applications.
Executives
Jose Luis Crespo officer: GM, MATL Handling, Key Accts C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Mark J Bonney director 2711 N. HASKELL AVENUE, SUITE 2300, DALLAS TX 74204
Patrick Joggerst director C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
David Mindnich officer: EVP, Global Manufacturing C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Keith Schmidt officer: GM New Mkts & Pres New Prd Dv C/O CHELSEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 13950 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PL, UNIT 325, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Jean A Bua director
Kavita Mahtani director C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Dirk Ole Hoefelmann officer: GM, Electrolyzer Solutions C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Sanjay K Shrestha officer: Chief Strategy Officer 968 ALBANY SHAKER RD, LATHAM NY 12110
Kyungyeol Song director C/O GROVE ENERGY CAPITAL LLC, 55 EAST 59TH ST. 11TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10022
Kim Harriman director C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Andrew Marsh director, officer: President & CEO 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
George C Mcnamee director, officer: Chairman of the Board FIRST ALBANY COMPANIES INC., 677 BROADWAY, ALBANY NY 12207-2990
Jonathan M Silver director 3027 N STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007
Conway Gerard L Jr officer: General Counsel 968 ALBANY-SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110