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PLUG vs. AMZN, BLDP, FCEL, RUN, TSLA, CHPT, WMT, BE, QS, and NOVT

Should you be buying Plug Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plug Power include Amazon.com (AMZN), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), Sunrun (RUN), Tesla (TSLA), ChargePoint (CHPT), Walmart (WMT), Bloom Energy (BE), QuantumScape (QS), and Novanta (NOVT).

Plug Power vs. Its Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Plug Power. Plug Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$637.96B3.57$59.25B$6.1434.98
Plug Power$628.81M2.55-$2.10B-$2.47-0.57

Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $262.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.21%. Plug Power has a consensus target price of $1.92, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. Given Plug Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02
Plug Power
5 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -312.29%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.90% beat Plug Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.54% 24.90% 11.44%
Plug Power -312.29%-82.21%-47.92%

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Plug Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 368 more articles in the media than Plug Power. MarketBeat recorded 381 mentions for Amazon.com and 13 mentions for Plug Power. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Plug Power's score of 0.20 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
204 Very Positive mention(s)
72 Positive mention(s)
46 Neutral mention(s)
24 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Plug Power
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Amazon.com beats Plug Power on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLUG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PLUG vs. The Competition

MetricPlug PowerMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.72B$25.22B$7.60B$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A0.98%4.56%4.09%
P/E Ratio-0.5720.2624.9023.83
Price / Sales2.5524.4698.6366.02
Price / CashN/A20.2727.7657.96
Price / Book0.713.884.315.54
Net Income-$2.10B$702.35M$792.92M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-23.91%-9.76%-1.94%-4.68%
1 Month PerformanceN/A3.96%2.26%4.36%
1 Year Performance-35.19%-5.47%29.52%17.89%

Plug Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUG
Plug Power
4.3593 of 5 stars
$1.40
-6.7%
$1.92
+37.0%
-39.7%$1.72B$628.81M-0.573,224Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7589 of 5 stars
$231.01
-0.8%
$255.21
+10.5%
+16.7%$2.47T$637.96B37.621,556,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
1.0769 of 5 stars
$1.86
-8.8%
$2.14
+15.0%
-16.4%$611.69M$70.67M-1.821,370
FCEL
FuelCell Energy
3.7671 of 5 stars
$4.89
-7.2%
$9.86
+101.6%
-66.8%$120.11M$112.13M-0.65510Positive News
Gap Down
RUN
Sunrun
4.5649 of 5 stars
$10.75
-3.6%
$14.30
+33.1%
-43.7%$2.55B$2.04B-0.8911,058Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TSLA
Tesla
4.2499 of 5 stars
$321.20
-1.3%
$303.31
-5.6%
+39.6%$1.05T$97.69B185.66125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CHPT
ChargePoint
1.8522 of 5 stars
$9.06
-8.6%
$27.88
+207.8%
-76.2%$227.04M$417.08M-0.751,395News Coverage
Stock Split
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WMT
Walmart
4.5001 of 5 stars
$98.37
+0.8%
$106.67
+8.4%
+41.0%$778.97B$680.99B42.042,100,000Trending News
Short Interest ↑
BE
Bloom Energy
3.3933 of 5 stars
$34.77
0.0%
$24.97
-28.2%
+194.5%$8.08B$1.47B-695.262,127Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
QS
QuantumScape
1.0373 of 5 stars
$9.29
-15.4%
$5.90
-36.5%
+35.7%$6.14BN/A-10.80850Insider Trade
NOVT
Novanta
2.4292 of 5 stars
$123.82
-0.6%
$160.00
+29.2%
-29.5%$4.48B$949.24M63.173,000Upcoming Earnings

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