Power Measurements of Solar Modules





February 03, 2012 Index Value 1,153
Company Stock price % since 01/01/12 % since 01/27/2012 Country Industry
Apollo Solar Energy Techn. $0.30 5.4% 5.4% HK Production equipment
centrotherm photovoltaics €11.90 20.3% -6.6% DE Production equipment
Comtec Solar Systems Gr. $1.50 38.9% 5.6% HK Wafers, Ingots
First Solar $45.16 33.8% -0.8% US Thin-film modules
GCL Poly Energy Holding $2.75 26.7% 7.4% US Silicon, Wafers
Gintech Energy TW$42.00 28.6% 10.2% TW Cells
Green Energy Technology TW$40.10 17.6% 13.4% TW Wafers
GT Advanced Technologies $9.44 30.3% 7.8% US Production equipment
Jinkosolar $1.73 29.1% -6.0% US Cells
LDK Solar $5.66 35.1% 15.3% CN Wafers
MEMC Electronic Materials $5.19 31.7% 6.4% US Silicon, Wafers
Meyer Burger Technol. AG CHF18.55 26.2% 5.4% CH PV wafer saws
Motech Industries TW$63.50 19.6% 5.3% TW Cells
Neo Solar Power TW$27.85 46.2% 28.9% TW Cells
Nexolon KRW5,480 10.8%* 0.2% ROK Ingots, Wafers
Power-One $5.28 35.0% 16.6% USA Inverters
Renesola Ltd. $2.41 57.2% -1.8%* CN Silicon, wafers, cells, modules
Renewable Energy Corp. NOK5.19 56.2% 23.6% NO Silicon, wafers, cells, modules
Sino-American Silicon Pr. TW$61.60 32.2% 12.2% TW Wafers
SMA Solar Technology AG €49.87 17.6% 5.5% DE Inverters
Solargiga Energy Holdings HK$0.91 16.7% 3.4% CN Wafer, cell, module
Solartech Energy TW$36.65 24.2% 20.0% TW Modules, cells
SolarWorld AG €4.05 28.7% 2.5% DE Wafers, cells, modules, wholesale
STR Holdings $9.03 9.7% -17.8% US Foils for encapsulation of solar cells
SunPower $7.93 27.3% 9.4% US Cells, modules
Suntech Power $3.44 55.7% -1.4% CN Cells, modules
Trina Solar $8.17 22.3% -5.8% CN Wafers, cells, modules
Trony Solar Holdings $1.32 21.1% 7.3% CN Thin-film modules
Woongjin Energy KRW6,760 59.2% 23.4% ROK Ingots, Wafers
Yingli Green Energy $4.33 13.9% -4.6% CN Wafers, cells, modules
PPVX 1,153 26.9% 6.0%    
* since 01.16.12
Weekly summary
The PPVX rose 6.0% last week to 1,153 points; the NYSE Arca Oil index added 2.6%. Since the start of 2012, the PPVX, at +26.9% (adjusted currency), is about 23 percentage points higher than the oil index (+3.7%). The top three PPVX titles in 2012 are Woongjin Energy (+59%), ReneSola (+57%), and REC (+56%). The biggest gainers of this week are NeoSolar (+29%) and REC (+24%). The biggest declieners of the week were STR (-18%) and centrotherm photovoltaics (-7%). Total PPVX market capitalization now stands at about EUR20.7 billion ($27.2 billion).
Remarks
A capitalization of less than €50 million ($63.8 million) has 1 WP; between €50 million ($63.8 million) and €200 million ($255.0 million), 2 WP (Comtec, Gintech, GT Advanced Technologies, JA Solar, ReneSola, Solartech, Trony Solar); between €200 million ($255.0 million) and €800 million ($1.0 billion), 3 WP (Apollo, Centrotherm, Green Energy Technology, JA Solar, MEMC, Meyer Burger Technology, Motech, Neo Solar Power, Nexolon, Power-One, Sino-American Silicon Products, SolarWorld, STR Holdings, SunPower, Trina, Woongjin Energy, Yingli); between €800 million ($1.0 billion) and €3.2 billion ($4.1 billion), 4 WP (First Solar, LDK Solar, Renewable Energy Corp., SMA Solar Technology, Solargiga Energy Holdings, Suntech Power); between €3.2 billion ($4.1 billion) and €12.8 billion ($16.3 billion), 5 WP (GCL-Poly).

Michael Schmela
© PHOTON International. February 03, 2012