According to Street Insider, Piper Jaffray has responded to a negative Barron’s article over the weekend saying that the article isanother sign that the negative sentiment on solar stocks has been priced in already and that the sector is poised to rebound with bettervisibility in the second half of the year.  They went on to say that the German feed-in tariff cuts should stimulate growth and reiterated their Overweight ratings on Yingli (YGE), Trina Solar (TSL), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), JA Solar (JASO), ReneSola (SOL) and First Solar (FSLR).  They do agree with Barron’s in that the industry isin need of consolidation with the biggest and most efficientmanufacturers increasingly benefiting. 

Solar stocks didn’t recover much today on the analyst note and remain down across the board for the most part (STP and CSUN are a bit green)

Piper Jaffray Responds To Barrons (FSLR, TSL, YGE, CSIQ, JASO, SOL)