Solar News: First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)’s Future; Bright Days Ahead

…actually doesn’t have the money to keep financing it so rapidly. In terms of hard numbers, Q1 saw around 2,100 leases signed. That brings the company to an average of 2,800 per quarter and a total of 16,200 since the launch of the leasing program, which has clearly proven a hit with forward-thinking homeowners.

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR): More Power, Less Space (Insider Monkey)
The most important development is the acquisition of TetraSun, which removes the issue I had with First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR). As a thin film provider, it was only a viable supplier for certain projects. Normally, these are huge projects where space is not an issue, and high temperature is not expected. However, residences have limited roof space and thin film panels are not useful. You need higher efficiency silicon cells like those SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) makes. The price action on the stock has me concerned, but the acquisition is a great one from a strategic point of view. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has opened up an entire new market for itself with the acquisition of TetraSun.

Following bankruptcies from LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK) and Suntech Power (NYSE:STP), Investors gaze at Yingli Green Energy Inc (NYSE:YGE) (Crazy Joys)
Coming to the stock performance; LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:LDK) in last trading session end up at $1.35 by rising 8.00% with the average traded volume of 1.35 million shares. The stock price saw week’s volatility of 11.15% and month’s volatility is 10.98%, while the stock price of the company is moving up from its 20 days moving average with 14.65% and isolated positively from 50 days moving average with 1.38%. Looking at Analytic Ratios; the price to sales ratio of LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK) in past twelve months was calculated as 0.15 and price to cash ratio as 1.53. Company return on equity ratio is recorded as -190.19% and its return on assets is -16.37%, and return on investment is -53.72%.