Canadian Solar Profit Surges amid Cost Controls, Expects Shipments to Double (CSIQ)

Posted on: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:05:00 EST


Symbols: CSIQ
Nov 17, 2009 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) --
CSIQ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- 11/17/2009-Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) reported Q3 EPS of $0.69, topping consensus estimates of $0.54.

Revenues in the quarter fell 15.6% to $213.1 million, inline with consensus estimates.

Canadian Solar said Q3 shipments were 102.6 MW, vs. shipments of 48.2 MW for the sequential quarter and 60 MW for the year-ago quarter.

In addition, Canadian Solar issued full-year 2010 guidance now expecting to ship between 600 and 700 MW, with demand coming "from all major markets."

Chairman and Chief Executive Shawn Qu said, "We expect to more than double our shipments in 2010 and are preparing our capacity expansion accordingly."

Write to Chip Brian at cbrian@tradethetrend.com

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