NASDAQ$PLUG

Plug Power Inc · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported largest quarterly and annual revenue, announced multiple partnerships and strategic acquisitions.

Plug Power reported $162 million in revenue for Q4 2021, compared to ($309 million) for the fourth quarter of 2020. The company shipped approximately 3,300 GenDrive units and had revenue associated with 11 hydrogen infrastructure systems. They also reaffirmed 2022 revenue goal of $900 million - $925 million and 2025 goals of $3 billion in revenue, and 17% operating income margin.

  • Shipped approximately 3,300 GenDrive units and had revenue associated with 11 hydrogen infrastructure systems for the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Net revenue for this quarter was $162 million compared to ($309 million) for the fourth quarter of 2020.
  • Acquired Frames Group and Applied Cryo Technologies to execute vertical integration strategy.
  • Gigafactory in Rochester, N.Y. began production in the fourth quarter with a total annual production capacity of over 2.5GW for PEM stacks for fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$162M

Previous: -$316M+151.2%
EPS (adj)

-$0.33

Previous: -$0.05-560.0%
Capital Expenditures

$80.8M

Previous: $11.3M+617.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$90.5M

Previous: -$9.83M-820.5%
Net Income

-$193M

Previous: -$476M+59.5%
Operating Income

-$201M

Previous: -$470M+57.3%
Gross Profit

-$87.8M

Previous: -$423M+79.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$2.48B

Previous: $1.31B+89.1%
Total Assets

$5.95B

Previous: $2.25B+164.3%
Stock-Based Comp

$41.7M

Previous: $7.88M+428.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Plug Power · Revenue · Quarterly

$162M

Q4 2021-151.2%vs Q4 2020
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Plug Power is looking at $900-$925 million in revenue, 80% revenue growth year over year in 2022. It keeps us on pace to meet our 2025 goals of $3 billion in revenue and 17% operating income margin.

Tailwinds

  • Deliver on revenue targets.
  • Expansion of our solutions offerings.
  • Building a green hydrogen network.
  • Building gigafactories
  • Looking to add three additional pedestal customers, two of which will likely be located in Europe, and targeting a total of $600 million or more in revenue for the material handling business.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

-2.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.1%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.2%

Avg return

30 days after

38%

24 / 64 earnings

Positive

+23.7%

Q3 2013

Best reaction

-41.4%

Q3 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+21.2%+21.5%
Q4 2025+2.6%+17.7%+33.1%
Q3 2025-1.6%-12.1%-7.8%
Q1 2025-10.0%-14.4%+44.4%
Q4 2024-6.8%+10.6%-18.0%
Q3 2024-1.0%-6.0%+20.6%
Q2 2024-5.3%+2.9%-22.6%
Q1 2024+1.6%+36.5%+15.1%
Q4 2023+9.3%+13.9%-2.5%
Q3 2023-41.4%-29.7%-33.4%
Q2 2023-17.0%-14.8%-27.0%
Q1 2023-15.7%-19.5%+2.5%
Q4 2022-10.4%-8.1%-21.2%
Q3 2022-2.5%+19.4%-8.0%
Q2 2022+12.3%+15.3%+13.7%
Q1 2022-19.1%-22.6%-4.5%
Q4 2021-0.1%-8.8%+13.1%
Q3 2021-1.9%+5.4%-15.9%
Q2 2021+0.0%+12.4%+2.0%
Q1 2021+13.3%+6.7%-8.4%
Q4 2020-3.5%-2.8%-32.2%
Q3 2020+6.1%+24.2%+41.8%
Q2 2020+20.9%+21.2%+26.0%
Q1 2020+9.1%+2.6%+17.0%
Q4 2019-9.0%-13.0%-29.6%
Q3 2019-4.2%+7.7%+10.5%
Q2 2019-1.4%-1.9%+1.9%
Q1 2019-6.5%-9.7%+3.2%
Q4 2018+7.7%+21.5%+45.3%
Q3 2018-3.1%-6.2%-18.7%
Q2 2018-5.4%-6.4%-5.0%
Q1 2018+9.8%+19.0%+1.1%
Q4 2017+0.5%+10.6%-4.3%
Q3 2017-18.0%-20.9%-21.2%
Q2 2017-10.1%-13.4%-8.8%
Q1 2017-5.1%-8.4%-5.3%
Q4 2016-4.7%-10.8%+13.3%
Q3 2016-11.3%+3.5%+9.9%
Q2 2016-0.6%+0.0%-12.2%
Q1 2016-4.1%
Q4 2015+7.4%
Q3 2015-31.0%
Q2 2015-13.7%
Q1 2015+8.2%
Q4 2014-5.8%
Q3 2014-20.1%
Q2 2014+1.0%
Q1 2014-1.5%
Q4 2013-1.3%
Q3 2013+23.7%
Q2 2013-13.8%
Q1 2013-8.4%
Q4 2012-11.2%
Q3 2012+4.2%
Q2 2012-15.7%
Q1 2012-4.7%
Q4 2011-5.2%
Q3 2011+13.4%
Q2 2011+20.0%
Q1 2011+2.1%
Q4 2010+1.3%
Q3 2010+1.9%
Q2 2010+8.9%
Q1 2010-4.3%

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