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PLUG (Plug Power) 3-Year Sortino Ratio : -0.77 (As of Jul. 11, 2025)


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What is Plug Power 3-Year Sortino Ratio?

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past three years. As of today (2025-07-11), Plug Power's 3-Year Sortino Ratio is -0.77.


Competitive Comparison of Plug Power's 3-Year Sortino Ratio

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Plug Power's 3-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Sortino 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 3-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Plug Power's 3-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plug Power's 3-Year Sortino Ratio falls into.


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Plug Power 3-Year Sortino Ratio Calculation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last three year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 3-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the three-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past three year.

A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.


Plug Power  (NAS:PLUG) 3-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past three year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average three-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the three-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.


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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.
Executives
Paul B Middleton officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER RD., LATHAM NY 12110
George C Mcnamee director, officer: Chairman of the Board FIRST ALBANY COMPANIES INC., 677 BROADWAY, ALBANY NY 12207-2990
Jose Luis Crespo officer: GM, MATL Handling, Key Accts C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Mark J Bonney director 2711 N. HASKELL AVENUE, SUITE 2300, DALLAS TX 74204
Patrick Joggerst director C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
David Mindnich officer: EVP, Global Manufacturing C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Keith Schmidt officer: GM New Mkts & Pres New Prd Dv C/O CHELSEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 13950 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PL, UNIT 325, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Jean A Bua director
Kavita Mahtani director C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Dirk Ole Hoefelmann officer: GM, Electrolyzer Solutions C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Sanjay K Shrestha officer: Chief Strategy Officer 968 ALBANY SHAKER RD, LATHAM NY 12110
Kyungyeol Song director C/O GROVE ENERGY CAPITAL LLC, 55 EAST 59TH ST. 11TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10022
Kim Harriman director C/O PLUG POWER INC., 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Andrew Marsh director, officer: President & CEO 968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD, LATHAM NY 12110
Jonathan M Silver director 3027 N STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007