Growth Metrics

Plug Power (PLUG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Plug Power (PLUG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 15 consecutive years, with 0.66% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% to 0.66% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.66% through Dec 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.59% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.66% at Plug Power, up from 0.86% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 0.08% in Q4 2021, with the low at 0.86% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.32%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed grew 29bps in 2021, then crashed -52bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.08% in 2021, then plummeted by -63bps to 0.13% in 2022, then tumbled by -143bps to 0.32% in 2023, then crashed by -85bps to 0.59% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.66% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.66%, 0.86%, and 0.7% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.