Growth Metrics

Plug Power (PLUG) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Plug Power (PLUG) reported FCF Margin of 107.7% for Q1 2026, down 2453.0% year-over-year from 4.58% in Q1 2025, and down 66.15% on a QoQ basis from 64.82% in Q4 2025.

Plug Power (PLUG) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 107.7% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 2453.0% year-over-year to 107.7% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 84.7% (up 5023.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 79.12%, up 8241.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin fell to 107.7% in Q1 2026 per PLUG's latest filing, from 64.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 27.34% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 326.35% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 120.78% (2024), against an average of 136.73%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin tumbled 31897 bps; it then surged 21790 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing PLUG's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 326.35% in 2022, then surged by 48 bps to 169.76% in 2023, then soared by 49 bps to 86.28% in 2024, then grew by 25 bps to 64.82% in 2025, then sank by 66 bps to 107.7% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLUG FCF Margin figures stand at 107.7% (Q1 2026), 64.82% (Q4 2025), and 22.16% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 28.89%
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 6.31%
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 3.95%
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 3.03%
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn -8.26%
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 16.63%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 6.94%
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 13.28%
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -107.70%
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn -59.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -107.70%
Dec 31, 2025 -64.82%
Sep 30, 2025 -22.16%
Jun 30, 2025 -152.48%
Mar 31, 2025 -83.17%
Dec 31, 2024 -86.28%
Sep 30, 2024 -240.06%
Jun 30, 2024 -120.78%
Mar 31, 2024 -216.48%
Dec 31, 2023 -169.76%
Sep 30, 2023 27.34%
Jun 30, 2023 -191.73%
Mar 31, 2023 -211.85%
Dec 31, 2022 -326.35%
Sep 30, 2022 -65.98%
Jun 30, 2022 -87.31%
Mar 31, 2022 -204.76%
Dec 31, 2021 -7.38%
Sep 30, 2021 -78.96%
Jun 30, 2021 -100.98%
Mar 31, 2021 -176.46%
Dec 31, 2020 -2.53%
Sep 30, 2020 -48.63%
Jun 30, 2020 -81.24%
Mar 31, 2020 -154.12%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.25%
Sep 30, 2019 -14.25%
Jun 30, 2019 -22.88%
Mar 31, 2019 -172.79%
Dec 31, 2018 -45.12%
Sep 30, 2018 25.22%
Jun 30, 2018 -88.03%
Mar 31, 2018 -103.36%
Dec 31, 2017 60.59%
Sep 30, 2017 -15.30%
Jun 30, 2017 -268.21%
Mar 31, 2017 -167.12%
Dec 31, 2016 -264.27%
Sep 30, 2016 -78.86%
Jun 30, 2016 1.84%
Mar 31, 2016 -357.67%
Dec 31, 2015 -35.95%
Sep 30, 2015 -941.46%
Jun 30, 2015 -1,092.76%
Mar 31, 2015 -1,420.06%
Dec 31, 2014 -1,105.10%
Sep 30, 2014 -1,841.47%
Jun 30, 2014 -82.97%
Mar 31, 2014 -290.12%
Dec 31, 2013 -3,334.27%
Sep 30, 2013 -1,533.67%
Jun 30, 2013 -1,378.38%
Mar 31, 2013 -126.96%
Dec 31, 2012 -1,947,763.27%
Sep 30, 2012 -1,471.92%
Jun 30, 2012 -68.47%
Mar 31, 2012 -44.84%
Dec 31, 2011 -103,357.89%
Sep 30, 2011 -610,805.53%
Jun 30, 2011 -387,397.38%
Mar 31, 2011 -1,042,316.94%
Dec 31, 2010 -184.96%
Sep 30, 2010 -259.72%