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First Solar: Are Their Customers Piling Up Inventory?

in News on December 12, 2008 at 10:03 am PT

Jonathan Hoopes of ThinkEquity concluded this morning that major customers of First Solar are sitting on what could be substantial inventory in their warehouses. Since it’s unlikely that impediments to solar market growth are lifting any time soon, or that said inventory’s going anywhere fast, he cut his price target from $175 to $105, and his estimated EPS for both 2009 and 2010.

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Solar Module Prices to Drop 20 Percent in ’09, UBS Says

in News on August 11, 2008 at 1:16 pm PT

Sunshine is free. Solar modules are not. But they are getting cheaper: UBS analyst Stephen Chin today revised his forecast for solar module pricing to down 20 percent from a previous estimate of down 14 percent.