Growth Metrics

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

Plug Power (PLUG) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 8 consecutive years, with 1.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 96.0% to 1.14% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 1.14%, a 96.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.01%, down 83.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 1.14% for Q4 2025 at Plug Power, down from 0.25% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q4 2023 to a low of 1.14% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2% and a median of 0.15% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: soared 41bps in 2021, then tumbled -96bps in 2025.
  • Plug Power's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.09% in 2021, then tumbled by -77bps to 0.16% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 44bps to 0.09% in 2023, then plummeted by -107bps to 0.18% in 2024, then plummeted by -530bps to 1.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PLUG's Return on Invested Capital are 1.14% (Q4 2025), 0.25% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).