Shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are rising this morning for a change. ThinkEquity raised the rating on the solar leader to a BUY rating from an already somewhat positive Accumulate…
Douglas A. McIntyre Solar stocks are again trading no differently than a leveraged bet on oil prices. This is something we have noted on many occasions and with oil down by another -$2.59 at $64.14…
JPMorgan has decided to make some key solar ratings changes this morning. The firm is cautious on the valuation of some in the position of a declining market trend right now, but…
Short Selling looked higher in some of the key solar and alternative energy stocks. Of the top 7 solar stock plays we track by market cap, six of the seven saw increased…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is going to be down early this morning after Canaccord Adams decided to downgrade the stock. The brokerage firm decided to cut the rating to Hold from…
Investing in solar and alternative energy stocks comes with many risks. We have often referred to many of these companies as being essentially nothing more than very leveraged speculative oil investments because…
Robert W. Baird has started several of the green or less-dirty energy players and water-plays in new coverage this morning. Most of these are very unexciting ratings with a “Neutral” rating. Among…
We have seen the new short interest data out of the NASDAQ and NYSE for the end of May reports. There are many mixed bets in the alternative energy sector. While some…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen early this Wednesday morning: Ceradyne (CRDN) cut to Underperform at Wachovia; Cut to Accumulate at ThinkEquity.…
We recently have noticed how more and more solar companies are seeing big gains on news, particularly in those which have recently raised cash in a seondary offering. We are starting to…
Japan’s fifth-largest oil refiner, Showa Shell Sekiyu (Pink Sheets:SWSKF), is partially owned by Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) and Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national oil company, which hold 35% and 15% respectively.…
These are the top ten analyst research calls from Wall Street’s upgrades and downgrades we have seen early this Tuesday morning: Apple (AAPL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Ariba (ARBA) Cut…
The solar power business has had its ups and downs, with the downs prevailing lately. Even meeting the modest EPS expectation of $0.09 for the current quarter might be challenging for Energy…
Maybe there’s some life left in the solar industry after all. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) reported EPS for the first quarter of 2009 of $1.99, blowing past estimates of $1.50 and tripling…
Solar industry consulting firm, Solarplaza, hosting a conference on “The Solar Future” on May 26th in Munich, Germany. Speakers from First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE:STP), and Q-Cells…
