Shares of fuel cell technology Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) jumped 29.4% in the afternoon session after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results.
The hydrogen fuel cell company posted revenue of $225.2 million, up 17.6% year on year, and an adjusted loss of $0.06 per share. Both figures beat Wall Street’s forecasts, with the loss per share being 43.9% narrower than analysts had anticipated. A key highlight for investors was the company’s return to a positive gross margin of 2.4%, a significant improvement of 119.5 percentage points from the same quarter last year. The strong results were a welcome surprise, given the company’s history of high expenses and cash burn, suggesting to investors that Plug Power may be taking a step in the right direction toward improving its financial health.
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Plug Power’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 85 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Plug Power and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 25 days ago when the stock gained 12.9% on the news that the broader market rebounded from a tech-driven sell-off, with investors taking the opportunity to buy stocks at lower prices.
This rally was fueled by a recovery in technology stocks and a significant bounce in Bitcoin, which stabilized after losing over half its value from its October peak. Investor sentiment was also lifted by a surprising improvement in U.S. consumer sentiment and the realization that massive AI-related capital expenditure, such as Amazon’s planned $200 billion, directly benefits chipmakers like Nvidia and Broadcom. These “pick-and-shovel” winners jumped as much as 7%, helping the S&P 500 edge back into positive territory for 2026. The highlight of the day was the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which surged and crossed the historic 50,000 threshold for the first time.
Plug Power is flat since the beginning of the year, and at $2.24 per share, it is trading 45.9% below its 52-week high of $4.13 from October 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Plug Power’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $51.02.
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