Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) has a beta value of 2.24 and has seen 44.3 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $775.40M, closed the recent trade at $0.80 per share which meant it lost -$0.1 on the day or -11.36% during that session. The PLUG stock price is -512.5% off its 52-week high price of $4.90 and -8.75% below the 52-week low of $0.87. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 66.59 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 62.32 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Plug Power Inc (PLUG) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.86. 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 8 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.19.
Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) trade information
Sporting -11.36% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the PLUG stock price touched $0.80 or saw a rise of 31.62%. Year-to-date, Plug Power Inc shares have moved -62.54%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -29.38%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) have changed -49.81%. Short interest in the company has seen 279.67 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.41.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $1.7, which means that the shares’ value could jump 52.94% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $1.1 while the price target rests at a high of $2.5. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -212.5% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -37.5% from the levels at last check today..
Plug Power Inc (PLUG) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -61.45% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 17.76%.
16 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 131.04M for the current quarter. 16 have an estimated revenue figure of 158.48M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 120.26M and 143.35M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 8.96% for the current quarter and 17.76% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -49.35% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 76.32% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 51.03%.
PLUG Dividends
Plug Power Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Mar-02 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG)’s Major holders
Insiders own 6.42% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 49.86% with a share float percentage of 53.28%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Plug Power Inc having a total of 598.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 69.97 million shares worth more than $163.02 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 10.9108% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 62.35 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $145.28 million and represent 8.4622% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.19% shares in the company for having 29.54 shares of worth $23.44 million while later fund manager owns 23.21 shares of worth $18.41 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.51% of company’s outstanding stock.
