Canadian Solar vs Nextpower
CSIQ and NXT 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 NXT compare
Nextpower grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.7% versus −6.6% for Canadian Solar).
Nextpower keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.0% compared with −1.9% at Canadian Solar.
Nextpower scores higher on the StockData Score (15 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 | NXT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $14.4B |
| Share price | $9.88 | $95.03 |
| Change, 1 year | −65.3% | −1.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −75.8% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.40 | 1.33 |
| Employees | 1,318 | 1,993 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 23.9× |
| P/S | – | 3.8× |
| P/B | – | 5.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 17.4× |
| P/FCF | – | 28.1× |
| PEG | – | 0.05 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.6% |
| Fair value | – | $109.11 |
| Margin of safety | – | 12.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −6.6% | 13.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.0% | 24.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −389% | 6.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −563% | 3.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 33.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 0.77% | 19.0% (better) |
| Net margin | −1.9% | 16.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | −21.7% | 13.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | −3.7% | 26.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | 42.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.85 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.70 | – |
| Interest coverage | 0.2× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 2.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 5.62 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 60.1% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 37.3% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$63.0K (better) | −$47.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 45.7% | 6.9% |
Go deeper
- CSIQ stock overview
- CSIQ income statement
- CSIQ valuation and score
- NXT stock overview
- NXT income statement
- NXT valuation and score
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