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PLUG vs. HOLI, THR, BLDP, NOVT, BE, FLNC, ATKR, NPWR, ENR, and QS

Should you be buying Plug Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plug Power include Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Thermon Group (THR), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Novanta (NOVT), Bloom Energy (BE), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Atkore (ATKR), NET Power (NPWR), Energizer (ENR), and QuantumScape (QS).

Plug Power vs.

Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Plug Power received 458 more outperform votes than Hollysys Automation Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.88% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Hollysys Automation Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hollysys Automation TechnologiesOutperform Votes
295
61.84%
Underperform Votes
182
38.16%
Plug PowerOutperform Votes
753
65.88%
Underperform Votes
390
34.12%

Hollysys Automation Technologies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to Plug Power's net margin of -214.05%. Hollysys Automation Technologies' return on equity of 6.39% beat Plug Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hollysys Automation Technologies9.52% 6.39% 4.36%
Plug Power -214.05%-46.99%-28.91%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hollysys Automation Technologies$792.05M2.07$106.93M$1.2121.83
Plug Power$891.34M1.96-$1.37B-$2.14-0.90

Hollysys Automation Technologies has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plug Power has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

78.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Plug Power shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Hollysys Automation Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plug Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Plug Power had 52 more articles in the media than Hollysys Automation Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Plug Power and 0 mentions for Hollysys Automation Technologies. Hollysys Automation Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Plug Power's score of -0.03 indicating that Hollysys Automation Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hollysys Automation Technologies Neutral
Plug Power Neutral

Plug Power has a consensus price target of $4.52, suggesting a potential upside of 135.47%. Given Plug Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Hollysys Automation Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hollysys Automation Technologies
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)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Summary

Hollysys Automation Technologies beats Plug Power on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLUG vs. The Competition

MetricPlug PowerElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.75B$1.90B$9.57B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A0.59%2.02%4.06%
P/E Ratio-0.9010.5522.3117.77
Price / Sales1.961,328.847.4775.18
Price / CashN/A15.7616.9432.53
Price / Book0.402.614.274.68
Net Income-$1.37B-$187.87M$413.78M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-2.54%5.87%2.74%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-18.99%4.92%8.21%1.04%
1 Year Performance-46.14%-18.70%30.03%26.28%

Plug Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUG
Plug Power
4.3369 of 5 stars
$1.92
flat
$4.52
+135.5%
-50.4%$1.75B$891.34M-0.903,868Analyst Revision
HOLI
Hollysys Automation Technologies
N/A$26.42
flat
N/A+17.2%$1.64B$792.05M21.835,042Analyst Forecast
THR
Thermon Group
4.025 of 5 stars
$30.84
+0.2%
$40.00
+29.7%
-3.0%$1.04B$494.63M24.091,416
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
2.7955 of 5 stars
$1.28
-3.8%
$2.78
+117.5%
-64.6%$398.23M$102.37M-1.161,173Short Interest ↓
NOVT
Novanta
2.0533 of 5 stars
$164.94
-0.5%
$169.00
+2.5%
+15.4%$5.95B$881.66M98.772,900Positive News
BE
Bloom Energy
3.2559 of 5 stars
$24.79
+4.4%
$17.55
-29.2%
+92.7%$5.43B$1.33B-44.272,377Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
FLNC
Fluence Energy
3.6599 of 5 stars
$21.91
+3.9%
$26.63
+21.5%
+13.7%$3.81B$2.22B0.001,112Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ATKR
Atkore
3.0222 of 5 stars
$84.08
-2.6%
$131.60
+56.5%
-35.4%$3.10B$3.52B5.905,600Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
NPWR
NET Power
0.8374 of 5 stars
$12.56
-2.8%
$9.50
-24.4%
+20.8%$2.78B$170,000.000.0024
ENR
Energizer
3.9544 of 5 stars
$37.67
+1.1%
$37.63
-0.1%
+19.7%$2.67B$2.89B72.445,080Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
QS
QuantumScape
1.0655 of 5 stars
$5.07
+2.4%
$6.26
+23.5%
-15.9%$2.54BN/A0.00850Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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