Crude
oil prices have been
surging recently, and there is little
sign that the momentum will be
slowing down. Every time crude oil
reaches these types of elevated levels,
it seems that interest in
alternative forms of energy also rise.
Solar is one type of alternative energy
that gets particular attention, and
should be on investors' radar going
into 2015.
First Solar up 2.8% on Goldman upgrade
- Goldman has upgraded First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) to Neutral, and upped its target to $44 from $40.86.
- The upgrade comes after First Solar made fresh 52-week lows yesterday, taking part in a broader solar stock rout that accompanied further declines in crude oil prices. Shares go for 9x 2015E EPS.
SolarCity, JPMorgan team up on solar financing program
- SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY) is partnering with JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) to finance more than $350M in solar power projects with a new investment fund.
- The fund is the second created by the two companies, and a follow-up to a fund created in 2013 to finance approximately $170M projects.
- JPM +0.9% premarket
- Previously: SolarCity, BofA partner on solar financing program (Dec. 11 2014)
Below these are the Solar stocks I am follow on 2014.
Solar Stocks List
Solar Pure Plays:
•SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR)
•First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR)
•Evergreen Solar (Nasdaq: ESLR)
•SunTech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP)
•Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL)
•Solarfun Power Holdings (Nasdaq: SOLF)
•Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ)
•JA Solar Holdings (Nasdaq: JASO)
•China Sunergy (Nasdaq: CSUN)
•LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK)
•ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL)
Smaller companies with Solar exposure:
•Hoku Scientific (Nasdaq: HOKU)
•Daystar Technologies (Nasdaq: DSTI)
•Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR)
Solar Energy ETFs:
•Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (KWT)
•Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy (TAN)
Bigger companies with Solar exposure:
•MEMC Electronics (NYSE: WFR)
•General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)
•Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA)
•British Petroleum (NYSE: BP)
•Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-B)
•Kyocera (NYSE: KYO)
•Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT)
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