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The hype train hit a speed bump
Plug Power is getting a reality check Thursday morning. After a recent burst of optimism across the clean-hydrogen trade, PLUG is sliding as traders decide the move may have gotten a little too cute, a little too fast.
Why the stock caught a chill
The latest spark came from Bloom Energy’s blowout quarter, which had the whole clean-power neighborhood feeling itself. Bloom’s strong beat-and-raise gave hydrogen-adjacent names a sympathy lift, and Plug got swept up in the same tide.
But tides go out, and momentum names are allergic to boredom.
- Plug is still trading well above key moving averages, which usually means the chart has been strong but also a bit frothy.
- The stock’s RSI is sitting in overbought territory, which is trader-speak for: “cool story, but maybe take a breath.”
- Thursday’s drop looks less like a business-breaking headline and more like profit-taking after a sharp run.
Eyes on May 11
There’s also a bigger date coming up: Plug is set to report earnings on May 11. Wall Street is looking for a smaller loss and a modest revenue bump, so the next few sessions could turn into a waiting game as investors position around that print.
That matters because Plug’s story is still very much a vibe stock. When clean-energy sentiment is hot, it can rip. When the market gets skeptical, it can get chopped up like a salad bar at lunch rush.
Big picture: today’s slide doesn’t scream disaster, but it does show how quickly the hydrogen trade can go from “next big thing” to “maybe let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”