Growth Metrics

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

Plug Power (PLUG) reported Gross Margin of 13.21% for Q1 2026, up 4204.0% year-over-year from 0.31% in Q1 2025, and down 645.98% on a QoQ basis from 2.42% in Q4 2025.

Plug Power (PLUG) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 13.21% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 4204.0% year-over-year to 13.21% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 25.66% (up 5838.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 34.09%, up 6528.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin slipped to 13.21% in Q1 2026 per PLUG's latest filing, from 2.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 2.42% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 132.27% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 36.46% (2022), against an average of 53.44%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Gross Margin sank 9927 bps; it then soared 12491 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing PLUG's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 36.46% in 2022, then slumped by 174 bps to 100.06% in 2023, then decreased by 22 bps to 122.49% in 2024, then jumped by 102 bps to 2.42% in 2025, then plunged by 646 bps to 13.21% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLUG Gross Margin figures stand at 13.21% (Q1 2026), 2.42% (Q4 2025), and 67.87% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 37.73%
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 30.03%
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 35.88%
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 33.32%
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn 39.32%
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 29.65%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 49.29%
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 29.44%
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -13.21%
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn 46.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -13.21%
Dec 31, 2025 2.42%
Sep 30, 2025 -67.87%
Jun 30, 2025 -30.73%
Mar 31, 2025 -55.25%
Dec 31, 2024 -122.49%
Sep 30, 2024 -57.57%
Jun 30, 2024 -91.56%
Mar 31, 2024 -132.27%
Dec 31, 2023 -100.06%
Sep 30, 2023 -69.43%
Jun 30, 2023 -30.03%
Mar 31, 2023 -33.00%
Dec 31, 2022 -36.46%
Sep 30, 2022 -24.42%
Jun 30, 2022 -21.46%
Mar 31, 2022 -25.11%
Dec 31, 2021 -54.21%
Sep 30, 2021 -21.59%
Jun 30, 2021 -32.35%
Mar 31, 2021 -16.91%
Dec 31, 2020 -139.47%
Sep 30, 2020 -26.70%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.02%
Mar 31, 2020 -23.77%
Dec 31, 2019 8.46%
Sep 30, 2019 7.58%
Jun 30, 2019 10.69%
Mar 31, 2019 -35.98%
Dec 31, 2018 7.53%
Sep 30, 2018 8.29%
Jun 30, 2018 -6.56%
Mar 31, 2018 -15.08%
Dec 31, 2017 -2.11%
Sep 30, 2017 -56.11%
Jun 30, 2017 -17.71%
Mar 31, 2017 -30.98%
Dec 31, 2016 15.06%
Sep 30, 2016 2.17%
Jun 30, 2016 1.88%
Mar 31, 2016 3.26%
Dec 31, 2015 -31.95%
Sep 30, 2015 4.92%
Jun 30, 2015 145.03%
Mar 31, 2015 -216.07%
Dec 31, 2014 -183.81%
Sep 30, 2014 -171.05%
Jun 30, 2014 1.43%
Mar 31, 2014 -72.93%
Dec 31, 2013 -10,163.98%
Sep 30, 2013 -746.24%
Jun 30, 2013 -1,351.33%
Mar 31, 2013 -8.92%
Dec 31, 2012 -10,160,827.88%
Sep 30, 2012 -2,059.97%
Jun 30, 2012 88.44%
Mar 31, 2012 90.12%
Dec 31, 2011 -151,453.99%
Sep 30, 2011 -761,066.40%
Jun 30, 2011 -158,154.38%
Mar 31, 2011 -170,228.66%
Dec 31, 2010 -2,622.28%
Sep 30, 2010 -27.67%
Jun 30, 2010 -483.84%