Canadian Solar Inc (CSIQ)
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Rating:40Underperform
Price Target:
$11.50
▼(-11.40% Downside)
Action:DowngradedDate:04/01/26
The score is primarily dragged down by weakened financial performance (losses, rising leverage, and significant cash burn). Technicals also point to a sustained downtrend with negative momentum. Offsetting factors are limited to a cautiously constructive earnings-call outlook (backlog, storage growth, and U.S. manufacturing progress), while valuation support is constrained by negative earnings and no dividend.
Positive Factors
Manufacturing Scale & Deliveries
Sustained high-volume manufacturing and large shipment experience create a durable cost and supply advantage. Large scale supports bargaining power with suppliers, higher plant utilization, and ability to meet major utility and developer contracts, improving long-term margin resilience versus smaller competitors.
Negative Factors
Weak Cash Generation
Persistent negative operating and free cash flows signal structural cash-generation weakness; ongoing heavy investment and working-capital strain increase reliance on external funding. Over months this raises liquidity and execution risk especially if project monetization or margin recovery stalls.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Manufacturing Scale & Deliveries
Sustained high-volume manufacturing and large shipment experience create a durable cost and supply advantage. Large scale supports bargaining power with suppliers, higher plant utilization, and ability to meet major utility and developer contracts, improving long-term margin resilience versus smaller competitors.
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Canadian Solar (CSIQ) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$925.02M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)2.36M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.72
Revenue Growth-4.46%
EPS Growth1645.26%
CountryUS
Employees17,113
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustrySolar
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.66
Shares Outstanding67,816,730
10 Day Avg. Volume1,961,648
30 Day Avg. Volume2,356,336
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.04
Price to Book (P/B)0.57
Price to Sales (P/S)0.29
P/FCF Ratio-0.97
Enterprise Value/Market Cap7.20
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.19
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit6.49
Enterprise Value/Ebitda23.59
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$13.71Price Target Upside5.62% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering7
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.03
Revenue Forecast (FY)$6.78B
Canadian Solar Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Canadian Solar Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power and battery storage products in Asia, the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The compan...
How the Company Makes Money
Canadian Solar primarily makes money through (1) selling solar PV products and (2) delivering larger-scale solar and storage solutions and related services. A major revenue stream is the sale of PV modules (and related balance-of-system components...
Canadian Solar Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Revenue by Segment
Shows how revenue is distributed across different business segments, highlighting which areas are driving growth and which may need strategic focus or improvement.
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The FlyCanadian Solar Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Mar 19, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:May 14, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call presented a balanced mix of positive strategic progress and material near-term challenges. Positively, Canadian Solar reported record U.S. deliveries, robust storage growth (+19% YoY, tripled over 3 years), a strong $3.6B storage backlog, tangible progress on U.S. domestic manufacturing (Mesquite and Jeffersonville HJT cell plans), and margin improvement of 160 basis points for the year. Offsetting these positives were significant near-term financial and operational headwinds: full-year and Q4 net losses, Q4 revenue and volume shortfalls, impairments and operating loss in Recurrent Energy, tariff/policy-driven shipment delays, FX and interest-cost pressures, elevated gross debt, and ongoing legal/IP risks. Management’s strategic pivot to higher-value U.S. markets, HJT cell ramp and storage focus is constructive for medium-term profitability, but the company faces meaningful short-term execution, cash-flow and regulatory risks.Positive Updates
Full-Year Shipments and Scale
Delivered 24.3 GW of solar modules in 2025 (4.3 GW in Q4) and a record 8.1 GW to the U.S.; ramped Mesquite, Texas module factory to >5 GW annual run-rate and plans to expand to 10 GW by end of 2026 (workforce to ~1,700).
Negative Updates
Net Losses and Q4 Results
Recorded a full-year net loss attributable to Canadian Solar of $104 million (or $2.5 per diluted share). Q4 results included a total net loss of $131 million and net loss attributable to shareholders of $86 million ($1.66 per diluted share).
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Q4-2025 Updates
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Negative
Full-Year Shipments and Scale
Delivered 24.3 GW of solar modules in 2025 (4.3 GW in Q4) and a record 8.1 GW to the U.S.; ramped Mesquite, Texas module factory to >5 GW annual run-rate and plans to expand to 10 GW by end of 2026 (workforce to ~1,700).
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Company Guidance
Canadian Solar guided Q1 2026 manufacturing shipments of 2.2–2.4 GW of solar modules and 1.7–1.9 GWh of energy storage, with total Q1 revenue of $900M–$1.1B and expected gross margin of 13%–15% (noting margins to remain soft across Manufacturing and Recurrent Energy); for full-year 2026 the company issued U.S.-focused targets of 6.5–7.0 GW of module shipments and 4.5–5.5 GWh of storage to the U.S., said U.S. module volumes will be slightly lower than 2025’s 8.1 GW U.S. deliveries, expects battery/storage shipments to be weighted to H2 (with first-half constraints from limited non‑PFE OBBBA‑compliant cells), reiterated ~ $1.2B CapEx for 2026, and flagged that U.S. cell/module capacity will expand (Mesquite modules to 10 GWp, Jeffersonville HJT cell Phase 1 at 2.1 GWp and Phase 2 adding 4.2 GWp to 6.3 GWp total) to alleviate mid‑year constraints.Canadian Solar Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
38
Negative
Balance Sheet
35
Negative
Cash Flow
22
Negative
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 5.60B | 5.99B | 7.61B | 7.47B | 5.28B |
| Gross Profit | 1.03B | 999.32M | 1.28B | 1.26B | 909.31M |
| EBITDA | -28.86M | 556.61M | 829.66M | 675.15M | 479.39M |
| Net Income | -104.13M | 36.05M | 274.19M | 239.97M | 95.25M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 15.17B | 13.51B | 11.90B | 9.04B | 7.39B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 1.91B | 2.25B | 1.96B | 981.43M | 869.83M |
| Total Debt | 7.68B | 5.91B | 4.48B | 4.04B | 3.26B |
| Total Liabilities | 10.90B | 9.36B | 8.19B | 6.73B | 5.26B |
| Stockholders Equity | 2.81B | 2.82B | 2.56B | 1.94B | 1.80B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | -1.64B | -2.76B | -840.85M | 288.63M | -837.75M |
| Operating Cash Flow | -252.74M | -885.32M | 684.62M | 916.63M | -408.25M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.50B | -1.96B | -1.67B | -630.49M | -429.57M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 1.35B | 2.32B | 2.05B | 428.64M | 614.07M |
Canadian Solar Technical Analysis
Negative
12.98
Price Trends
16.65
Negative
19.84
Negative
17.32
Negative
Market Momentum
-1.07
Negative
40.58
Neutral
64.08
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CSIQ, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 12.98 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 13.22, below the 50-day MA of 16.65, and below the 200-day MA of 17.32, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -1.07 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 40.58 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 64.08 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for CSIQ.
Canadian Solar Risk Analysis
Canadian Solar disclosed 63 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Canadian Solar reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Canadian Solar Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 Outperform | $20.95B | 18.33 | 17.32% | ― | 31.16% | 11.97% | |
62 Neutral | $2.28B | -4.26 | -80.50% | ― | -0.14% | 66.71% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
61 Neutral | $1.22B | -0.75 | -18.83% | 10.19% | -34.29% | -732.90% | |
55 Neutral | $4.24B | 27.11 | 18.25% | ― | 20.97% | 226.98% | |
53 Neutral | $1.17B | -26.92 | -15.43% | ― | 35.75% | 37.97% | |
40 Underperform | $925.02M | -15.38 | -3.69% | ― | -4.46% | 1645.26% |
* Technology Sector Average
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Canadian Solar Corporate Events
Canadian Solar Posts Q4 Loss but Ramps Up U.S. Manufacturing and Energy Storage Backlog
Mar 19, 2026
Canadian Solar reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on March 19, 2026, highlighting 24.3 GW of solar module shipments and a record 7.8 GWh of energy storage shipments for the year, including strong U.S. volumes. Despite these operati...
Canadian Solar’s CSI Solar Flags 2025 Profit Slump on Weak Module Shipments, Tariff Pressure
Feb 27, 2026
Canadian Solar’s subsidiary CSI Solar has released unaudited preliminary 2025 results, showing that in 2025 operating revenue fell 12.8% year on year to RMB 40.26 billion and net profit attributable to shareholders dropped 54.6% to RMB 1.02 ...
Canadian Solar’s CSI Solar Unit Reshapes U.S. and Thai Operations With Long-Term Related-Party Leases
Feb 10, 2026
On November 28 and December 16, 2025, CSI Solar’s board and shareholders approved adjustments to its U.S. business model and related party transactions to comply with the U.S. One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act and preserve access to key advanced ...
Canadian Solar’s CSI Solar Subsidiary Warns of 51%–60% Profit Drop for 2025 Amid PV Downturn
Jan 30, 2026
On January 30–31, 2026, Canadian Solar disclosed that its subsidiary CSI Solar has issued a 2025 full-year earnings forecast indicating a sharp decline in profitability amid a prolonged downturn in the photovoltaic sector. CSI Solar expects ...
Canadian Solar Closes US$230 Million Convertible Notes Offering Due 2031
Jan 13, 2026
On January 13, 2026, Canadian Solar Inc. closed its previously announced private offering of US$230 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% convertible senior notes due 2031, including the full exercise of an option by initial purchasers to bu...
Canadian Solar Prices US$200 Million Convertible Notes to Fund U.S. Manufacturing and Storage Expansion
Jan 9, 2026
On January 9, 2026, Canadian Solar priced a private offering of US$200 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2031 to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A, with an option for initial purchasers to buy up to an...
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