Thinking About Buying Stock Or Options In FuelCell Or Plug Power?

Publish date: 2024-07-13

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Fuel cell stocks spiked on volume in Wednesday’s after-hours session as President Biden suggested the benefits of investing in clean energy infrastructure. 

With names in clean energy manufacturing in the spotlight once again, here are the latest earnings results and analyst rating updates for FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) and Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG).

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Northcoast Research initiated coverage this week on Plug Power with a Neutral rating. 

Plug Power lost 5 cents per share in the fourth quarter, compared to a 6-cent per share loss in the year-ago quarter. The clean energy manufacturing company has a 52-week-high of $75.49 and a 52-week-low of $3.22. 

Here are Plug Power’s analyst rating updates for 2021:

Date

Research Firm

Action

Current

PT

3/30/21

Northcoast Research

Initiates Coverage On

Neutral

n/a

3/17/21

Craig-Hallum

Maintains

Buy

49.0

3/17/21

Truist Securities

Downgrades

Hold

42.0

3/02/21

Barclays

Downgrades

Underweight

29.0

3/01/21

Roth Capital

Reiterates

Buy

65.0

3/01/21

JP Morgan

Upgrades

Overweight

65.0

2/03/21

Bernstein

Initiates Coverage On

Outperform

75.0

1/27/21

Piper Sandler

Initiates Coverage On

Neutral

66.0

1/14/21

JP Morgan

Initiates Coverage On

Neutral

60.0

1/13/21

HC Wainwright & Co.

Maintains

Buy

85.0

Meanwhile, Northcoast Research initiated coverage on FuelCell with a Neutral rating.

For the first quarter, FuelCell Energy lost 6 cents per share. FuelCell lost 20 cents in the year-ago quarter. The stock has a 52-week-high of $29.44 and a 52-week-low of $1.26.

Here are FuelCell’s analyst rating updates for 2021:

Date

Research Firm

Action

Current

PT

3/30/21

Northcoast Research

Initiates Coverage On

Neutral

n/a

1/14/21

JP Morgan

Downgrades

Underweight

10.0

1/07/21

Jefferies

Initiates Coverage On

Hold

11.0

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