This Hydrogen Company's 5-Year Lookback Makes Starbucks, Ford, Microsoft, Apple, Disney, Netflix and Amazon Insignificant

Since 1997, Plug Power Inc PLUG has been helping companies optimize their carbon footprint and over the past 5 years has delivered stunning returns for investors.

Since August 2017, Plug Power's 5-year stock performance has outperformed many of the world's most popular technology and consumer discretionary stocks: Starbucks Corporation SBUX, Ford Motor Company F, Microsoft Corporation MSFT, Apple Inc. AAPL, Walt Disney Co DIS, Netflix Inc NFLX and Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN.

Plug Power is an innovator of modern hydrogen and fuel cell technology. It revolutionized the material handling industry with its full-service GenKey solution, designed to reliably and cost-effectively increase productivity, reduce operating costs and reduce carbon footprint.

The company's GenKey solution combines all the elements necessary to power, power and serve a customer. With proven hydrogen and fuel cell products, the company is replacing lead-acid batteries to power electric industrial vehicles, such as forklifts that customers use in their distribution centers.

Here is the breakdown of returns from August 2017 to present:

Starbucks goes from $53.18 to $85.73 for a return of 61.21% Ford drops from $10.77 to $15.30 for a 42.06% return Microsoft goes from $72.50 to $282.91 for a return of 290.22% Apple goes from $39.37 to $165.35 for a yield of 319.99% Disney goes from $101.99 to $106.63 for a yield of 4.55% Netflix goes from $171.40 to $226.78 for a return of 32.31% Amazon goes from $48.40 to $140.80 for a return of 190.91%

And finally Plug Power goes from $2.06 to $25.19 for 1122.82% return

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