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SolarCity Earnings = MEH
SolarCity (SCTY) has been one of the hottest alternative energy stocks since its Initial Public Offering five short months ago. Yesterday it shot up 24% in one day, on the largest one-day volume since it opened, in anticipation of its quarterly earnings release. It is up 95% in the past three months, and has more [...]
Thomson Reuters Announces ESG Indexes
Thomson Reuters is launching a family of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) indices, the first new indexes in our field for years. Back in the mid-2000s they were trendy, with about a dozen launching in the space of a few years. Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices are being developed with S-Network Global Indexes, a specialist index design firm, “as an objective [...]
Confimed Shrinkage: Solar Venture Capital Funding
The amount of venture capital (VC)—early-stage funding with higher risks, but high potential returns—going to solar companies continues to shrink, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. The report found that solar venture capital in the first quarter of 2013 fell to $126 million, almost a third of the $324 million in the [...]
Should You Buy SolarCity Stock?
As a result of a disappointing earnings release, SolarCity (SCTY) took a shellacking on Thursday. The stock traded down 17.6% to the low of the day, and closed down 14.4%. Still, the stock is up 6.5% for the month, and the savvy investor would have gained 78% if they bought SCTY on the first day [...]
First Solar Earnings Disappoint
Prior to reporting its full-year 2012 results yesterday evening (Feb. 26) First Solar announced that it’s reached a new efficiency level for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaics, at 18.7 percent efficiency (as verified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory). Then during the earnings report, the company produced non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.04 for the [...]
Tesla Stock Down After Earnings Release
Tesla Motors (TSLA) reported earnings last night that provided a bit of fuel for skeptics, but hope remains and the company has indicated profitability is just around the corner. In the near term though, the stock is getting hit hard today and slicing through key support at the 50 day moving average this morning. Let’s [...]
Alternative Energy Investing for 2013
2013 is poised to be an exciting year for alternative energy investors. Despite the conflagration solar had in 2012 we see opportunities there, as well as in wind and energy efficiency. This article also reveals why 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for the stock market in general, and alternative energy in [...]
Will Cleantech Stocks Recover?
Could the three-year slump in cleantech stocks be ending? It’s been a tough few years since the glory days of cleantech stocks came to an end – in the good ‘ole days of 2005-2007, companies piled onto the world’s public markets and were among the top performing stocks. Since then, share prices have crashed and [...]
Interview: Mark Lackey Likes Energy Stocks
The Energy Report: It’s been a busy five months since your last interview in August. What’s your macro view on energy markets? Mark Lackey: The problems in Europe were somewhat worse than most people anticipated regarding Greece and long-term bond rates in Portugal and Spain. Slower world economic growth wasn’t a disaster, but it was [...]