Growth Metrics

Plug Power (PLUG) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Plug Power (PLUG) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 4.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 298.0% to 4.02% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.39% through Dec 2025, up 97.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 2.39% for FY2025, 97.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 4.02% at Plug Power, down from 2.05% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.74% in Q3 2021, with the low at 6.99% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 1.77%, with a median of 1.2% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales tumbled -406bps in 2024, then surged 298bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 1.19% in 2021, then increased by 15bps to 1.01% in 2022, then tumbled by -189bps to 2.93% in 2023, then tumbled by -139bps to 6.99% in 2024, then soared by 43bps to 4.02% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 4.02%, 2.05%, and 1.31% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.