ThinkstockThe solar sector attracted more interest in the past two weeks as shorts look at forward multiples and rising share prices and begin to bet that the sector is overbought. The following…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Wednesday July 9, 2014. They include Alcoa, BP, Broadcom, Garmin, Gigamon, KKR, Potash and Zillow.
ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) may have had this project on the books for a while, under contingencies, but the company is now apparently going to be building the largest PV solar…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe solar sector doesn’t excite investors the way it did a few years ago, and short sellers have been about as enthusiastic. Prices have stabilized for solar products and that has been…
ThinkstockSouthern Company (NYSE: SO) announced Friday that it is partnering with Turner Renewable Energy to buy New Mexico’s largest solar facility from First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR). Terms of the deal were not…
ThinkstockSolar panel maker Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) reported earnings Wednesday morning and the company’s earnings per American Depositary Share (ADS) of $0.37 was more than 12-times better than the consensus estimate…
ThinkstockWe continue to track the short interest changes in a number of solar PV and installation companies. The following information is based on data reported for the two-week period ending April 30.…
After reporting first-quarter earnings after markets closed Tuesday night, solar PV maker First Solar cannot seem to get any love. On every front, the company made a comeback.
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThin-film solar PV maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) reported first quarter 2014 results after markets closed Tuesday. The company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.10 and $950 million in…
Paul Ausick SunPower announced Wednesday morning that it would join with Google to provide up to $250 million in new financing for residential solar installations.
thinkstockOne of the lasting legacies of the 1960s is Earth Day, first observed in the U.S. in 1970 and now celebrated (or at least, observed) in 192 countries around the world. The…
Barrons.comThe oil industry may feel picked on by Barron’s of late. Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were not exactly given the biggest welcome mat in a piece about Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI).…
thinkstockWith any other emerging technology, the cheaper it gets, the more it is accepted. Solar is the living proof of that. The good thing for investors that embrace a position of solar…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, March 20, 2014. They include First Solar, Oracle, Ulta Salon and Under Armour.
ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is hosting its analyst day on Wednesday. We previously noted three drivers behind its 9% gain earlier in the trading day. Now we have a release from…
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