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Plug Power (XTER:PLUN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.26 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Plug Power Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-03), Plug Power's current share price is €0.7267. Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €2.82. Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.26.

The historical rank and industry rank for Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:PLUN' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12   Med: 1.17   Max: 95.53
Current: 0.26

During the past years, Plug Power's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 95.53. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 1.17.

XTER:PLUN's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
95.32% of 2159 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 2.04 vs XTER:PLUN: 0.26

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Plug Power's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €1.758. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €2.82 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Plug Power Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Plug Power Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Plug Power Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 48.67 20.63 5.88 1.63 0.69

Plug Power Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.18 0.78 0.74 0.69 0.43

Competitive Comparison of Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Plug Power Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=0.7267/2.82
=0.26

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Plug Power's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Plug Power's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.758/134.9266*134.9266
=1.758

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Plug Power Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 0.727 100.684 0.974
201509 0.736 100.392 0.989
201512 0.636 99.792 0.860
201603 0.578 100.470 0.776
201606 0.517 101.688 0.686
201609 0.462 101.861 0.612
201612 0.422 101.863 0.559
201703 0.297 102.862 0.390
201706 0.389 103.349 0.508
201709 0.320 104.136 0.415
201712 0.272 104.011 0.353
201803 0.187 105.290 0.240
201806 0.104 106.317 0.132
201809 0.057 106.507 0.072
201812 0.011 105.998 0.014
201903 -0.005 107.251 -0.006
201906 -0.041 108.070 -0.051
201909 -0.055 108.329 -0.069
201912 0.696 108.420 0.866
202003 0.307 108.902 0.380
202006 0.640 108.767 0.794
202009 1.296 109.815 1.592
202012 1.052 109.897 1.292
202103 7.295 111.754 8.808
202106 7.023 114.631 8.266
202109 6.945 115.734 8.097
202112 7.056 117.630 8.094
202203 7.031 121.301 7.821
202206 7.095 125.017 7.657
202209 7.345 125.227 7.914
202212 6.493 125.222 6.996
202303 6.169 127.348 6.536
202306 5.735 128.729 6.011
202309 5.432 129.860 5.644
202312 4.384 129.419 4.571
202403 3.926 131.776 4.020
202406 3.525 132.554 3.588
202409 3.100 133.029 3.144
202412 1.812 133.157 1.836
202503 1.758 134.927 1.758

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Plug Power  (XTER:PLUN) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Plug Power Business Description

Address
125 Vista Boulevard, Slingerlands, New York, NY, USA, 12159
Plug Power is building an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem—from production, storage, and delivery to energy generation. The company plans to build and operate green hydrogen highways across North America and Europe. Plug will deliver its green hydrogen solutions directly to its customers and through joint venture partners into multiple end markets, including material handling, e-mobility, power generation, and industrial applications.

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