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PLUG vs. XCH, RUN, ATKR, QS, ENR, ENVX, EOSE, MVST, FLNC, and BYRN

Should you be buying Plug Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plug Power include XCHG (XCH), Sunrun (RUN), Atkore (ATKR), QuantumScape (QS), Energizer (ENR), Enovix (ENVX), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Microvast (MVST), Fluence Energy (FLNC), and Byrna Technologies (BYRN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

Plug Power vs.

XCHG (NASDAQ:XCH) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Plug Power has a consensus price target of $1.83, suggesting a potential upside of 121.65%. Given Plug Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plug Power is more favorable than XCHG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
XCHG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Plug Power
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

XCHG has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -214.05%. XCHG's return on equity of 0.00% beat Plug Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XCHGN/A N/A N/A
Plug Power -214.05%-46.99%-28.91%

In the previous week, Plug Power had 51 more articles in the media than XCHG. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Plug Power and 1 mentions for XCHG. Plug Power's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat XCHG's score of 0.00 indicating that Plug Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
XCHG
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Plug Power
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

43.5% of Plug Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Plug Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Plug Power received 757 more outperform votes than XCHG when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XCHGN/AN/A
Plug PowerOutperform Votes
757
64.76%
Underperform Votes
412
35.24%

XCHG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plug Power.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XCHG$42.20M77.42N/AN/AN/A
Plug Power$642.22M1.39-$1.37B-$2.47-0.33

Summary

Plug Power beats XCHG on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLUG vs. The Competition

MetricPlug PowerElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$889.63M$1.58B$7.72B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A0.54%4.58%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.3911.3823.9920.05
Price / Sales1.39120.3592.25116.44
Price / CashN/A14.8326.8934.62
Price / Book0.171.934.014.61
Net Income-$1.37B-$167.38M$805.86M$248.19M
7 Day Performance5.06%3.01%1.41%2.97%
1 Month Performance4.62%24.10%12.21%16.58%
1 Year Performance-73.21%-42.69%18.37%8.16%

Plug Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUG
Plug Power
4.5975 of 5 stars
$0.83
+4.6%
$1.83
+121.6%
-74.2%$889.63M$642.22M-0.392,450Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
XCH
XCHG
N/A$1.31
-2.9%
N/AN/A$3.11B$42.20M0.00165Gap Down
RUN
Sunrun
4.4856 of 5 stars
$11.11
-9.3%
$14.92
+34.2%
+1.1%$2.51B$2.08B-6.0412,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ATKR
Atkore
2.3824 of 5 stars
$68.42
-0.7%
$77.57
+13.4%
-56.6%$2.30B$2.97B6.625,000Positive News
QS
QuantumScape
1.9002 of 5 stars
$4.00
-15.5%
$5.19
+29.8%
-29.3%$2.21BN/A-4.21850Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ENR
Energizer
4.4423 of 5 stars
$23.64
-1.1%
$31.63
+33.8%
-22.4%$1.70B$2.90B29.845,500Positive News
Insider Trade
ENVX
Enovix
3.1677 of 5 stars
$7.79
-6.0%
$17.27
+121.9%
-22.0%$1.49B$22.90M-5.33340Gap Up
EOSE
Eos Energy Enterprises
0.6413 of 5 stars
$6.43
-7.8%
$6.00
-6.7%
+764.4%$1.46B$19.46M-2.67250Gap Up
MVST
Microvast
0.8597 of 5 stars
$3.48
+2.8%
$3.00
-13.7%
+821.5%$1.13B$414.94M-9.142,150
FLNC
Fluence Energy
3.6261 of 5 stars
$5.22
-3.6%
$8.21
+57.5%
-70.5%$941.33M$2.33B-103.70970Analyst Forecast
BYRN
Byrna Technologies
3.2587 of 5 stars
$25.26
-0.4%
$33.00
+30.6%
+117.5%$570.53M$95.29M46.61150

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUG) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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