Editor’s Note: Related tickers: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR)
Investors Buy High Volume of Call Options on SolarCity Corp. (SCTY) (TickerReport)
Shares of SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Traders bought 16,776 call options on the stock, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. This is an increase of 128% compared to the average volume of 7,369 call options. A number of analysts have recently weighed in on SCTY shares. Analysts at Roth Capital raised their price target on shares of SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) from $30.00 to $42.00 in a research note to investors on Thursday, August 8th.
Solar plane pioneers to partner with Google (NBCNews)
The company behind Solar Impulse, the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using any fuel, is partnering with Google to help promote its goal of circumnavigating the globe in 2015 using only solar energy. Solar Impulse will work with the Silicon Valley-based Internet giant to enhance the company’s social media presence leading up to the planned flight around the world.
Notable Movers – Seagate Technology PLC(NASDAQ:STX), SolarCity Corp(NASDAQ:SCTY), SunPower Corporation(NASDAQ:SPWR) , SanDisk Corporation(NASDAQ:SNDK) (SBWire)
LeadingStockAlerts is a financial marketing firm that specializes in assisting the underserved small cap and micro-cap stock community. … SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) jumped up 3.30% and closed at $24.41. So far in three months, the stock is up 27.07%. The 52-week range for the stock is $3.90 and $28.15 and during the previous trading session the stock touched its highest price at $25.10. Its introductory price for the day was $24.09, with the overall traded volume of 3.46 million shares.
So far so good for SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) (GDPInsider)
SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) saw some unusual options-trading activity. Stock traders bought 16,776 call-options on the company. This is a rise of around 150% in comparison to the typical-volume of 6,706 call options. Recently, numerous analysts have weighed on the company stock. Roth Capital analysts hiked their price-target on the shares from $30.00 to $42.00 on 8 August and have assigned a “neutral” rating on the stock.
Yingli Solidifies Dominance in Global Solar Module Market (AltEnergyMag)
Yingli in the first half of 2013 rode the wave of solar growth in its home market in China to retain the dominant position in the global business for photovoltaic (PV) modules. …Yingli’s total revenue was 39 percent higher than that of No. 2 module supplier Trina Solar. This represents an increase from Yingli’s lead in the first half of 2012 of 27 percent over then No 2 player First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR).
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