Plug Power (PLUG) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Plug Power's (PLUG) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.15% in Q1 2026, up 5.0% year-on-year from 0.14% in Q1 2025, and up 8.5% on a QoQ basis from 0.16% in Q4 2025.

Plug Power (PLUG) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Plug Power (PLUG) has 9 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.15% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.15% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.15%, a 5.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.19%, up 23.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.15%, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for PLUG reached as high as 0.06% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 1.42% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.55% across 5 years, with a median of 0.37% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital tumbled 78 bps in 2024 and surged 122 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.42% in 2022, then sank by 161 bps to 1.09% in 2023, then soared by 66 bps to 0.37% in 2024, then jumped by 56 bps to 0.16% in 2025, then increased by 8 bps to 0.15% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.15% in Q1 2026, 0.16% in Q4 2025, and 0.2% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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1 Electrovaya 424.38 Bn 424.36 Bn 6.04 Mn -
2 Vertiv Holdings 116.45 Bn 113.95 Bn 999.70 Mn 0.22%
3 Bloom Energy 61.23 Bn 58.77 Bn 225.54 Mn -
4 Hubbell 25.93 Bn 25.43 Bn 505.30 Mn 0.00%
5 nVent Electric 25.66 Bn 25.47 Bn 445.60 Mn 0.10%
6 Advanced Energy Industries 11.88 Bn 11.18 Bn 200.90 Mn 0.00%
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 9.90 Bn 9.48 Bn 606.40 Mn -
8 Powell Industries 9.42 Bn 8.87 Bn 87.94 Mn -
9 EnerSys 7.49 Bn 7.05 Bn 290.87 Mn 0.04%
10 Plug Power 3.06 Bn 2.67 Bn -21.61 Mn -0.15%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.15%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.16%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.20%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.20%
Mar 31, 2025 -0.20%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.37%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.38%
Jun 30, 2024 -1.42%
Mar 31, 2024 -1.41%
Dec 31, 2023 -1.09%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.74%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.69%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.64%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.42%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.19%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.10%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.06%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.04%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.06%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.04%