Canadian Solar Inc.
9.23USD
+0.0100 (+0.11%)
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Canadian Solar Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides solar energy and battery energy storage products and solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Manufacturing and Recurrent Energy. The Manufacturing Segment focuses on manufacturing and selling solar, battery energy storage and other power technology products, and CSI Solar. It also offers standard solar modules, battery storage solutions, solar system kits, such as inverters, racking systems, and other accessories; power electronic products; and engineering, procurement, and construction services, as well as operates battery energy storage projects. The Recurrent Energy Segment develops, builds, sells, and operates solar power and battery energy storage projects; operates solar power plants; and sells electricity and other services. This segment also provides power operation and maintenance services, including monitor, inspects, repair, and replace of plant equipment, and site management and administrative support services for solar projects, as well as asset management services. The company offers power plant level, commercial, household products, inverter, photovoltaic modules; and sells electricity and smart energy. It serves distributors, system integrators, project developers, installers, and EPC companies, as well as caters to utility companies, public utilities, licensed suppliers, corporate offtakers, and commercial, industrial, or government end users primarily under its Canadian Solar brand name. The company sells its products under CSI, CS PowerTech, CSI Solar, Recurrent Energy, e-STORAGE, SolBank, KuBank, and EP Cube brand names. Canadian Solar Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.
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Reading the stored fundamentals…
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Is the price low against peers, cash flow and analyst targets?
Do analysts expect earnings and revenue to keep growing?
Only 3 of 6 checks could be assessed because too few analysts cover it, the stored data lacks the figures they need and there is no analyst coverage stored; 4 are needed.
Has the business grown and earned good returns on its filed numbers?
Only 3 of 6 checks could be assessed because the financial statements are not available; 4 are needed.
Can the balance sheet carry its debt?
Only 3 of 6 checks could be assessed because the financial statements are not available; 4 are needed.
Is the dividend decent, covered and steady?
No dividend appears in the stored data, so this axis is left off the shape rather than drawn as zero.
Each axis asks six plain questions of the stored data. A check that passes counts one. A check the stored data cannot answer is left out of the count, never counted as a fail, and an axis needs four answerable checks to show a result. Axes are never added together: there is no overall score. The thresholds are conventional rules of thumb and are blunt across sectors, so each check is listed with its rule and the figure it used.
P/E below peers
Trailing P/E is positive and below the median of its peers: the companies in its industry if there are at least 5, else its sector if at least 10, else the whole market if at least 30, always in the same currency.
Loss-making over the last twelve months, so there is no P/E to compare.
Did not pass
PEG ratio
The PEG ratio is positive and at most 1.5.
PEG 0.13.
Passed
EV/EBITDA below peers
EV/EBITDA is positive and below the peer median, with peers chosen as for P/E. Not applied to financial companies.
EV/EBITDA 12.7 against a peer median of 23.3 (171 USD companies in the Technology sector).
Passed
Price/book below peers
Price to book is positive and below the peer median, with peers chosen as for P/E.
Price/book 0.23 against a peer median of 6.07 (201 USD companies in the Technology sector).
Passed
Statements: not loaded yet.
Peers: P/E against 155 USD companies in the Technology sector; EV/EBITDA against 171 USD companies in the Technology sector; price/book against 201 USD companies in the Technology sector.
Rules of thumb applied to stored filings and quote data. Statements are as of the newest period shown above; multiples, analyst targets, estimates and yield come from a best-effort refresh and can lag by days. A count of plain checks, not a rating, a valuation or investment advice. Terms
Free cash flow yield
Free cash flow is at least 4.5% of market cap, the risk-free rate used across this site. Not applied to financial companies.
Free cash flow yield -205.5% against a 4.5% risk-free rate.
Did not pass
Analyst target above price
The mean analyst target is at least 15% above the last close, from at least 3 analysts. A published consensus, not a fair value.
Mean analyst target above the last close by 83.4% (12 analysts).
Passed
Earnings growth, next year
Consensus EPS for next fiscal year is at least 10% above this year's consensus, from at least 3 analysts.
Only 1 analysts behind the estimate; 3 are needed.
Not assessed
Earnings growth, this year
Consensus EPS for this fiscal year is at least 10% above last year's figure on the same street basis, from at least 3 analysts.
This year's EPS: the prior-year figure to grow from is not stored.
Not assessed
Revenue growth, next year
Consensus revenue for next fiscal year is at least 5% above this year's consensus, from at least 3 analysts.
Next year's revenue: consensus up 26.3% (10 analysts).
Passed
Revenue growth, this year
Consensus revenue for this fiscal year is at least 5% above last year's reported revenue, from at least 3 analysts.
This year's revenue: consensus down 3.5% (9 analysts).
Did not pass
Estimates rising
More analysts raised than cut this year's EPS estimate over the last 90 days, with at least 2 revisions in all.
No analyst estimates are stored for this security.
Not assessed
Revenue growth, latest quarter
Revenue in the latest quarter is at least 8% above the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest-quarter revenue down 28.7% on a year earlier (Yahoo's figure).
Did not pass
Earnings growth, multi-year
Net income grew at least 5% a year over up to 5 fiscal years (at least 3 annual figures, positive at both ends).
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Earnings growth, last year
Net income over the latest twelve months is above the twelve months before it, and positive.
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Revenue growth, multi-year
Revenue grew at least 3% a year over up to 5 fiscal years (at least 3 annual figures).
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Return on equity
Return on equity is at least 15%: twelve-month net income over average equity. Not meaningful when equity is negative.
Return on equity -6.0% (Yahoo's figure).
Did not pass
Return on assets
Return on assets is at least 5%: twelve-month net income over average assets. Not applied to financial companies.
Return on assets 0.4% (Yahoo's figure).
Did not pass
Cash earnings
Operating cash flow over the latest twelve months is positive and at least net income. Not applied to financial companies.
Operating cash flow was not positive over the last twelve months.
Did not pass
Current ratio
Current assets are at least 1.0x current liabilities. Not applied to financial companies.
Current ratio 1.03x (Yahoo's figure).
Passed
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities
Current assets are at least the liabilities that fall due after a year (total liabilities less current liabilities). Not applied to financial companies.
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Debt to equity
Total debt is at most 100% of equity; no debt passes, negative equity with debt does not. Not applied to financial companies.
Total debt is 172% of equity (Yahoo's figure).
Did not pass
Net debt to EBITDA
Net debt (total debt less cash) is at most 3.0x EBITDA; a net cash position passes. Not applied to financial companies.
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Interest cover
Operating income covers interest expense at least 3.0x; no debt passes. Not applied to financial companies.
Financial statements have not been loaded for this security yet. Opening its Ratios or Financials view loads them.
Not assessed
Cash flow to debt
Operating cash flow is at least 20% of total debt; no debt passes. Not applied to financial companies.
Operating cash flow was not positive.
Did not pass
Dividend yield
The dividend yield is at least 2%.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed
Payout ratio
Dividends paid are at most 75% of net income. Not applied to real estate companies, whose net income is after depreciation.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed
Free cash flow cover
Free cash flow covers the dividends paid at least 1.0x. Not applied to financial companies.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed
Paid every year
A dividend was paid in every one of the last 4 to 8 fiscal years stored (consecutive years, all present). A year missing from the filings data is not read as no dividend, so a gap makes this not assessed.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed
No cuts
Total dividends paid never fell by more than 20% from one fiscal year to the next in that window.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed
Growing dividend
Total dividends paid grew at least 3% a year across that window. The total, not per share: no per-share dividend history is stored.
No dividend appears in the stored data.
Not assessed