Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 4.32% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $1.69.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $1.62. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $4.90, and the low was $1.37. On the whole, PLUG has fluctuated by -9.14% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Plug Power Inc currently standing at about $1.56 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 797.99M, with a low estimate of 121.51M and a high estimate of 200.65M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 141.32M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that PLUG’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of PLUG currently trading nearly -0.56% and -19.15% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 44.88, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 11.23% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 8.14%. Furthermore, Plug Power Inc (PLUG)’s beta value is 2.03, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.16.
A comparison of Plug Power Inc (PLUG) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. PLUG showed an intraday change of 4.32% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -56.56%%. In comparison, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) has moved higher at 2.04%% on the day and was up 28.17% over the past 12 months. On the other hand, the price of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) has risen 0.83%% on the day. The stock, however, is off 9.43% from where it was a year ago. Additionally, there is a loss of -2.36%% for Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP) in last trading while the stock has seen an overall depriciation of -61.73%% over the past year.
Data on historical trading for Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 65.58 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 913.90 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 6.77% of Plug Power Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 50.66% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -20.66% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the PLUG stock heading into the next quarter.
