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CSIQ

Canadian Solar Inc.

CSIQ

NASDAQ·Energy·Solar·Mkt cap $1.1B

$14.46

-7.64%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$9.41 - $34.59

P/E

-8.26

Fwd P/E

18.18

Beta

1.49

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

3.0M

Shares Out

67.8M

Mkt Cap

$1.1B

Price action

Price chart

Up 25.7% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Global manufacturing and project development footprint
  • Vertically integrated solar technology ecosystem
  • Diversified revenue streams across multiple geographies
  • Strong engineering and technical capabilities

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Turning profitable

Increasing global renewable energy investments

Value

Fairly valued vs Solar Energy peers

Momentum

Strong

+17.1% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Mixed fundamentals

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 14, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.71 vs -$1.06 consensus (+33.0% surprise). Revenue of $1.1B vs $950.4M expected (+13.4%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +33.0%
Rev beat +13.4%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+33.0%

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-11%

-10%

+4%

-1%

-20%

-10%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.6B

$1.5B

$1.5B

$1.2B

$1.7B

$1.5B

$1.2B

$1.1B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

-3.0%

Wall Street consensus

5 analysts · 20% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

20%

Hold

4

80%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

Latest: Freedom Broker · May 19, 2026

vs Industry

How CSIQ stacks vs Solar

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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