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% quarter-over-quarter from $768.6 million in Q4 2025.

Plug Power (PLUG) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $87.9 million, down 15.98% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (down 13.62% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.2 billion, down 12.16% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $87.9 million in Q1 2026 per PLUG's latest filing, from $768.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $1.1 billion in Q4 2024 and troughed at $87.9 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $237.0 million and a median of $123.5 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Expenses soared 187.48% in 2022, then dropped 28.54% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $153.3 million in 2022, then soared by 163.37% to $403.6 million in 2023, then jumped by 163.87% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then retreated by 27.83% to $768.6 million in 2025, then sank by 88.57% to $87.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PLUG's Operating Expenses at $87.9 million in Q1 2026, $768.6 million in Q4 2025, and $228.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Novonix 479.97 Bn 479.92 Bn - -
2 Vertiv Holdings 114.69 Bn 112.19 Bn 999.70 Mn 451.80 Mn
3 Bloom Energy 79.53 Bn 77.06 Bn 225.54 Mn 153.35 Mn
4 nVent Electric 27.08 Bn 26.89 Bn 445.60 Mn 249.90 Mn
5 Hubbell 26.67 Bn 26.16 Bn 505.30 Mn 241.50 Mn
6 Advanced Energy Industries 13.19 Bn 13.19 Bn 200.90 Mn 132.60 Mn
7 Powell Industries 10.63 Bn 10.09 Bn 87.94 Mn 30.13 Mn
8 Ballard Power Systems 10.07 Bn 9.54 Bn 5.64 Mn 16.90 Mn
9 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.39 Bn 9.12 Bn 520.40 Mn 387.40 Mn
10 Plug Power 3.75 Bn 3.37 Bn -21.61 Mn 87.88 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