SolarWorld AG may not have a primary market listing in the United States, but the German solar power systems outfit often is considered a key player in the solar sector. Now the…
The past year and a half have been murder on solar PV makers. Share prices have fallen as much as 80% due to oversupply. Short interest in the solar stocks would seem…
The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior July 13 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.14 and $933.4 million in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago…
After looking back over an analyst call on First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), there is an interesting take. We would caution that the bullish case may seem too good to be true. …
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as the Bank of England left interest rates alone (our coverage here) and the European Central Bank (ECB) did the same (our…
What is worse than when an analyst issues a “Sell” rating? Not much, but how about this… A “Strong Sell!” S&P Capital IQ has ratings ranging from “Strong Sell” as the worst…
Jon C. Ogg Stocks generally declined Thursday after the European Central Bank did not announce it was taking any concrete action to solve Europe’s debt crisis, despite hopes to the contrary. The Dow Jones Industrial…
What happens when you get an industry leader reporting earnings that are nowhere close to as bad as the market thought after a 90% drop in the share price? Not only does…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at Baird…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is finding some redemption after its earnings report. The U.S. solar giant has reported earnings of $1.27 EPS on $957 million in revenues for its second quarter. …
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets were getting primed for the afternoon’s statement from the FOMC. Tomorrow’s announcement on interest rates from the European Central Bank…
Wall St. is willing to take even the slightest bit of good news as great news when it comes to the battered and beaten solar sector. The earnings report from Canadian Solar…
Last week was a jam-packed week of earnings reports and this week has many key reports. We have provided earnings previews for 11 companies we expect to follow this week. Estimates are…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo.…
