Growth Metrics

Plug Power (PLUG) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Plug Power (PLUG) reported Operating Expenses of $87.9 million for Q1 2026, down 15.98% year-over-year from $104.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 88.57% on a QoQ basis from $768.6 million in Q4 2025.

Plug Power (PLUG) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $87.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 15.98% year-over-year to $87.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (down 13.62% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.2 billion, down 12.16% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses declined to $87.9 million in Q1 2026 per PLUG's latest filing, from $768.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.1 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $87.9 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $123.5 million (2025), against an average of $237.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses jumped 187.48%; it then decreased 28.54% in 2024.
  • Tracing PLUG's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $153.3 million in 2022, then jumped by 163.37% to $403.6 million in 2023, then surged by 163.87% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then declined by 27.83% to $768.6 million in 2025, then tumbled by 88.57% to $87.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PLUG Operating Expenses figures stand at $87.9 million (Q1 2026), $768.6 million (Q4 2025), and $228.6 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 451.80 Mn
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 153.35 Mn
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 249.90 Mn
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 241.50 Mn
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn 132.60 Mn
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 30.13 Mn
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 387.40 Mn
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 19.72 Mn
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn 87.88 Mn
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn 69.85 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 87.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 768.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 228.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 123.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 104.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 116.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 113.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 100.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 403.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 136.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 155.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 140.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 153.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 113.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 114.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 103.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 112.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 67.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 49.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 36.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 46.66 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 25.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 26.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 15.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 14.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 13.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 17.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 12.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 17.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 17.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 20.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 16.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 17.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 16.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 24.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 15.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 14.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 13.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 13.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 13.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 14.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 12.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 11.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 10.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 11.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 9.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 6.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 5.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 6.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 3.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 4.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 3.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 5.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 4.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 5.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 5.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 5.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 5.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 4.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 4.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 8.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 5.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 14.92 Mn