Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) price closed higher on Monday, March 17, and jumping 2.41% above its previous close.
A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $1.66, with intraday deals fluctuated between $1.65 and $1.72. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 1.983. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $4.90 and 52-week low of $1.37. The stock subtracted -3.41% on its value in the past month.
Plug Power Inc, which has a market valuation of $1.57 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-02.
On average, analysts have forecast the company’s revenue for the quarter will hit 132.07M, with the likely lows of 130M and highs of 136M. The average estimate suggests sales growth for the quarter will likely rise by 9.81% when compared to those recorded in the same quarter in the last financial year. Staying with the analyst view, there is a consensus estimate of 707.09M for the company’s annual revenue in current year. Per this projection, the revenue is forecast to grow 12.45% above that which the company brought in the current year earning report.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give PLUG a short term outlook of 50% Sell on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Sell.
Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 16 analysts have assigned PLUG a recommendation rating as follows: 5 rate it as a Hold; 8 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the Plug Power Inc (PLUG) stock as Underweight, with 3 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
The overview shows that PLUG’s price is at present 1.92% off the SMA20 and -14.24% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 47.21, with weekly volatility standing at 7.49%. The indicator jumps to 8.32% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG)’s beta value is holding at 1.98, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 0.15.
An analysis of the Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 64.66 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 64.84 million.
Current records show that the company has 913.90M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 6.60% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 50.68%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-02-28, stood at 282.44 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 4.88. From this we can glean that short interest is 3064.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in February rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 256.14 million. But the -20.19% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.