Plug Power Inc (PLUG) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Plug Power Inc

PLUG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Plug Power designs and sells hydrogen fuel-cell systems and the equipment that produces, stores and delivers hydrogen. Its main products are GenDrive fuel cells for forklifts and warehouse vehicles, GenFuel and GenCare service systems, GenKey turnkey packages, GenEco electrolyzers for making hydrogen, and GenSure stationary power units. Customers include material-handling operators, fleet owners and industrial sites that need on-site power. The company is based in Slingerlands, New York, and sells through direct sales, equipment makers and dealer networks.
Where it sits in the stack
Plug Power sits outside our Rubin and Halo build stacks; in our universe it belongs to the Industrials sector, within Electrical Equipment & Parts, covering the wider hydrogen and clean-energy equipment sleeve.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in our index yet, so the comparison is by sector and product overlap: other hydrogen and fuel-cell equipment makers such as Bloom Energy, which the market often names alongside it.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 through our index tracking, but carries no Closelook score, no peer group and no quotes on record, so its scoring is still being built.
What the diary watches
Whether hydrogen production and storage costs fall enough to support wider adoption of its fuel-cell and electrolyzer systems, which the diary treats as the key swing factor for the read.

Plug Power Inc (PLUG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PLUG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Electrical Equipment & Parts · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Electrical Equipment & Parts · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PLUG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Plug Power Inc (PLUG)?

Plug Power Inc trades as PLUG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is PLUG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Plug Power Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does PLUG trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2% vs the 50-day and -14.4% vs the 200-day average, 53.7% below the 52-week high and +25.4% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 26 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Plug Power Inc do?

Plug Power designs and sells hydrogen fuel-cell systems and the equipment that produces, stores and delivers hydrogen. Its main products are GenDrive fuel cells for forklifts and warehouse vehicles, GenFuel and GenCare service systems, GenKey turnkey packages, GenEco electrolyzers for making hydrogen, and GenSure stationary power units. Customers include material-handling operators, fleet owners and industrial sites that need on-site power. There is no peer group set for it in our index yet, so the comparison is by sector and product overlap: other hydrogen and fuel-cell equipment makers such as Bloom Energy, which the market often names alongside it.

Where does Plug Power Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Plug Power sits outside our Rubin and Halo build stacks; in our universe it belongs to the Industrials sector, within Electrical Equipment & Parts, covering the wider hydrogen and clean-energy equipment sleeve. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 through our index tracking, but carries no Closelook score, no peer group and no quotes on record, so its scoring is still being built.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PLUG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Electrical Equipment & Parts. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.