JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (JASO): The Numbers To Know

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If JA Solar can only get through this tough period, better times might be around the corner. U.S. giant SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) boosted its guidance yesterday for the remainder of the year, sending both its shares and those of JA Solar and its Chinese rivals higher. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)‘s positive guidance from last month further excited industry investors, as it’s becoming increasingly clear that solar continues to move toward economic viability even with the reduced subsidies that governments have provided lately. Yet SunPower has the advantage of industry-leading module efficiency, while First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has done an exemplary job of scoring large-scale projects and the heightened profit potential available from them.

In JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO)’s report, watch for the company to describe how it plans to find a lucrative strategy similar to the specialties where First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) have found success. Unless it can take advantage of struggling competitors to boost its operating results, however, JA Solar might end up joining other struggling players in the space.

The article How JA Solar Hopes to Get Through China’s Solar Shakeout originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Dan Caplinger.

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