A couple Buy ratings to tell you about this morning. Deutsche Bank has upgraded American Superconductor (AMSC) to Buy and raised the price target $38. Hat tip to Street Insider for the following analyst comment:
“On fears of slowing demand for wind power in China, AMSC’s shares have underperformed the R2000 by 39% YTD. We expect this to reverse over the next 6 months following bullish FY10 guidance (in mid May), new wins (including follow-on … Read the rest
Deutsche Bank is out with an upgrade of the most well known lithium battery maker here in the US. A123 Systems (AONE) gets an upgrade from Hold to Buy and a $17 price target. Hat tip to Street Insider for the following analyst comment:
“We believe that A123 Systems’ proprietary battery materials have broad applicability in a number of growing segments (including automotive, grid services, and consumer products), that the company’s recent steady cadence of … Read the rest
China solar stocks have been crushed over the past month, but today are green on a day when the market is down significantly. This is the kind of relative strength that indicates that perhaps they have reached a turning point. I think it’s too soon to call a bottom in the China solar stocks, but this is a good start. The relative strength certainly isn’t without a catalyst .. Deutsche came out with a bullish … Read the rest
The StreetInsider.com has a great run down of analyst reactions to First Solar’s (FSLR) guidance last night. The company guided higher and announced significant expansion plans over the next two years. The following is reprinted with permission.
Piper Jaffray: “While strong 2010 top-line guidance and newly announced capacity expansion are positives, a substantially higher mix of lower margin systems business is expected to prevent both margin and EPS expansion in 2010. FSLR remains the … Read the rest
Deutsche Bank is upgrading SunPower (SPWRA) to Buy this morning and raising the price target from $28 to $31.
Hat tip to StreetInsider.com for the following analyst comment:
“We are upgrading SunPower to Buy based upon earnings power (valuation), anticipated industry growth, and SunPower’s market position. We were disappointed with the company’s 3Q09 margin performance, and while we believe margin improvement can come as factory utilization climbs in 4Q09 and through 2010, we have chosen … Read the rest
Deutsche Bank is initiating coverage on Ener1 Inc. (HEV) this morning with a Buy rating and price target of $11.
Hat tip to StreetInsider.com for the following analyst comment:
“Ener1’s technology is highly regarded, it has a strong management team, and we expect it to have similar capacity to its primary US competitors (i.e., JCI, A123, LG Chem) through mid-decade. Most importantly, the company has contracts that should generate an annual run-rate of $150+ million … Read the rest
The coverage is beginning to come out on A123 Systems (AONE) and the first round is generally positive with some bullish comments coming out of Deutsche Bank.
Bank of America initiates with a Hold rating and $17 price target.
Morgan Stanley has initiated coverage an Equalweight which I assume is similar to a Hold rating.
Deutsche Bank initiates coverage with a Hold rating and price target of $17.
Hat tip to StreetInsider.com for the following … Read the rest
I came across a Reuters article today discussing the Itron (ITRI) earnings report tomorrow and they believe (along with a few analysts) that Itron will report poor results tomorrow after the bell due to a cut back on spending from utilities, but are bullish longer term. I would like nothing more than for Itron to miss by a wide margin tomorrow so that I can continue to add to a long term position at a … Read the rest
Deutsche Bank is out this morning upgrading Itron (ITRI) to Buy and raising the price target to $70.
Hat tip to StreetInsider.com for the following analyst comment:
“We encourage investors to accumulate shares as we believe 1) sentiment and forward est’s will trough within the next month, 2) there are numerous positive catalysts on the horizon and 3) Itron’s valuation is attractive (14.5x CY11 EPS). While there is risk to the Street’s 3Q est, we … Read the rest
A few analyst rating changes are out this morning..
Analyst comment below courtesy of StreetInsider.com.
Deutsche Bank is out this morning maintaining its hold rating on Canadian Solar (CSIQ) but is lowering the price target from $17 to $13. The firm says, “Recent inputs from various solar PV companies and less than hoped for improvement in the demand picture for larger systems (due to financing availability) cause us to reassess our outlook for solar … Read the rest