Canadian Solar vs ON Semiconductor
CSIQ and ON side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CSIQ and ON compare
ON Semiconductor grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.9% versus −6.6% for Canadian Solar).
ON Semiconductor keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.8% compared with −1.9% at Canadian Solar.
ON Semiconductor scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 3 for Canadian Solar), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CSIQ | ON |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $27.7B |
| Share price | $9.88 | $71.06 |
| Change, 1 year | −65.3% | 44.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −75.8% | 12.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.40 | 1.62 |
| Employees | 1,318 | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 41.3× |
| P/S | – | 4.3× |
| P/B | – | 3.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 17.8× |
| P/FCF | – | 17.1× |
| FCF yield | – | 5.8% |
| Fair value | – | $53.28 |
| Margin of safety | – | −33.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −6.6% | 2.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% (better) | 2.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −389% | 116% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −563% | 123% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −12.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 38.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 0.77% | 12.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −1.9% | 10.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | −21.7% | 25.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | −3.7% | 8.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | 7.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.85 | 0.59 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.70 | 0.06 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 0.2× | 13.6× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 3.55 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 4.62 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 4.2% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 4.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.1% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 37.3% | 0.52% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$63.0K (better) | −$21.3M |
| Short interest, % of float | 45.7% | 7.4% |
Go deeper
- CSIQ stock overview
- CSIQ income statement
- CSIQ valuation and score
- ON stock overview
- ON income statement
- ON valuation and score
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