07-30-2020: Solar Panel Stocks Are Hot
From where they appeqar to have been sleeping for the last few years at the bottom of the stock performers list, suddenly solar panel stocks have vaulted up near the top of the list of best-performing stocks. The reason appears to be a number of reports from various research organizations that capital spending on alternate energy solar and wind is anticipated to soar in the next few years. This is a global pattern. First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) is one of the largest of the solar panel manufactuers domestically-based in Arizona, where, like the stock, it is hot. It has manufacturing facilities in Vietnam where output continues unabated. But the performance of FS:LR compared to some other solar companies in an extremely competitive industry has left things to be desired. As the biggest and least risky, this manufacturer and installer would appear somewhat safer and able
to withstand downturns with its low debt structure, but there are qualms from many about the near-term future of the industry as a whole, and with the global pandemic affecting capital spending, the group as a whole can be very volatile. Stocks of some of FSLR's competitors are all over the map, and this stock certainly
has made a doubling move in a short time after collapsing along iwth other pandemic victims, andi seems now back to its more normal trading range. The question is where the very active group of solar stocks will go from here, as welo as which ones will outperform.
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Our recent article on First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) is in the Archives Section Below.
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Archive List
07-30-2020: Frist Solar, Inc. (FSLR): Hot Inudstry Group
07-24-2020: Invesco Limited (IVZ): Exchange Traded Funds
07-15-2020: Pennymac Financial Services, Inc. (PFSI): History of Sub-Prime Lending
07-05-2020: Atlas Air Worldwide Inc. (AAWW): Pandemic, Trade, and Tariffs Affects
06-24-2020: Zynex, Inc. (ZYXI): Medical Devices for Pain Management, Cardiac and Nerve Monitoring
06-17-2020: CBRE Group, Inc. (CBRE): Pandemic Negative Effects
06-10-2020: glu Mobile, Inc. (GLUU):Computer Game Maker
06-01-2020: Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. (GCAP)::Trading Swells on Pandemic Panic
05-11-2020: Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE): Profitting from Pandemic
04-30-2020: Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC): Accidental High Dividend Payer
04-22-2020: Spirit Airlines, Inc. (SAVE): Shutting Down Routes
04-09-2020: Pentair plc (PNR): Divested Half the Company
04-02-2020: Boeing Company (BA): Government Bailout Certain
03-17-2020: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG): Government Is the Problem
03-11-2020: Everi Holdings, Inc. (EVRI): Liabilities Exceed Assets
02-26-2020: Open Text Corporation (OTEX): Cloud Computing Experts
02-18-2020: Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF): One of the 20 Largest Insurers in U.S.
02-07-2020: Flowserve Corporation (FLS): Flow Control Valves & Other Industrial Machinery
01-28-2020: Xerox Holdings Corporation (XRX): HP Takeover Bid
01-22-2020: United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL): Boeing Problems
01-11-2020: Target Corporation (TGT): Awaiting Earnings for Stock Jumps
01-07-2020: BuildersFirstsource, Inc. (BLDR): Digesting Acquisitions
12-22-2019: Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (DGX): Recent Data Breach
12-17-2019: Plantronics, Inc. (PLT): Massive Inventory Writedown
12-07-2019: Tenet Healthcare Inc. (THC): Activist Intervention
11-12-2019: Arconic Inc. (ARNC): Fabricated Engineered Aluminum Products
11-02-2019: Universal Display Corporation (OLED): Organic Light Emitting Diodes
10-28-2019: Intelligent Systems, Inc. (INS): Accounting Management Software
10-23-2019: Copart, Inc. (CPRT): Wrecks for Sale at Low Auction Bids
10-19-2019: Meritor, Inc. (MTOR): Heavy Duty Axles, Gears, Suspension Parts
10-12-2019: Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT): Lower Fares on Less Traveled Routes
10-08-2019: LGI Homes, Inc. (LGIH): Staggering Growth Rate
09-25-2019: Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR): Holding the $1 Line on Pricing and Goods
08-31-2019: Heico Corporation (HEI).: Outstanding Aerospace Supplier
08-24-2019: Myers Industries Inc. (MYE): Getting Out of Lawn & Garden Container Business
08-18-2019: Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK): Awaiting Oil Price Recovery
08-13-2019: M / I Homes, Inc. (O): Booming After Recession Recovery
08-09-2019: Inter Parfums Inc. (IPAR): Perfume Industry Strong Performer Lately
07-27-2019: Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM): Gold Price May Rise Dramatically
07-21-2019: Paysign, Inc. (PAYS): Credit Card Services Group Soars
07-12-2019: Service Corporation International (SCI): Not Much Changes in the Funeral Industry
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