Canadian Solar Overview

  • Founded

  • 2001

Founded
  • Status

  • Public

  • Employees

  • 13,535

Employees
  • Stock Symbol

  • CSIQ

Stock Symbol
  • Investments

  • 28

  • Share Price

  • $40.95

  • (As of Thursday Closing)

Canadian Solar General Information

Description

Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Global Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment design, develop and manufacture solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Energy segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.

Contact Information

Website
www.canadiansolar.com
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Alternative Energy Equipment
Stock Exchange
NAS
Primary Office
  • 545 Speedvale Avenue West
  • Guelph, Ontario N1K 1E6
  • Canada
+1 (519) 000-0000

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Canadian Solar Stock Performance

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$40.95 $41.92 $22.15 - $43.14 $2.69B 64.3M 952K $1.30

Canadian Solar Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 31-Mar-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021 FY 2020 31-Dec-2020 FY 2019 31-Dec-2019
EV 4,834,804 4,376,952 5,023,067 3,184,462
Revenue 5,438,179 5,277,169 3,476,495 3,200,583
EBITDA 440,011 468,335 406,170 408,683
Net Income 81,676 95,248 146,703 171,585
Total Assets 8,372,620 7,388,342 6,536,854 5,467,207
Total Debt 3,958,996 3,257,763 2,809,455 2,423,246
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

Canadian Solar Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Canadian Solar Comparisons

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Canadian Solar Competitors (38)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Trina Solar Corporate Backed or Acquired Jiangsu, China 0000 00000 00000000 00000
0000000 000000 Formerly VC-backed Fremont, CA 0000 00000 00000000000 00000
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00 00000 00000000 Corporate Backed or Acquired Shanghai, China 00000 00000 000000&0 00000
000 00000 Formerly VC-backed Xinyu, China 0000 00000 0000000000.
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Canadian Solar Patents

  • 63

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 4

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Canadian Solar Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
JP-6648070-B2 Texture structure of crystalline silicon solar cell and its preparation method Active 27-Jun-2016 000000000000
JP-2018006744-A Texture structure of crystal silicon solar cell and method for preparing the same Granted 27-Jun-2016 000000000000
EP-3288089-B1 Method for preparing textured structure of crystalline silicon solar cell Active 27-Jun-2016 00000000000
EP-3288089-A4 Method for preparing textured structure of crystalline silicon solar cell Granted 27-Jun-2016 000000000000 0
EP-3288089-A1 Method for preparing textured structure of crystalline silicon solar cell Granted 27-Jun-2016 H01L31/02363 0
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Canadian Solar Executive Team (14)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Shawn Qu Ph.D Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
Yan Zhuang Board Member & President
Huifeng Chang Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Board Member
Isabel Zhang Director, Investor Relations and Strategic Analysis
Hanbing Zhang Chief Sustainability Officer
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Canadian Solar Board Members (10)

Name Representing Role Since
Andrew Wong Canadian Solar Board Member 000 0000
Arthur Wong Self Board Member 000 0000
Harry Ruda Canadian Solar Board Member 000 0000
Huifeng Chang Canadian Solar Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Board Member 000 0000
Lauren Templeton Self Board Member 000 0000
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Canadian Solar Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Canadian Solar Investments & Acquisitions (28)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000 00000 0 23-Jun-2022 000000000 Other Energy
00000000 0000 05-Apr-2022 000000000 Other Energy
00 000000000 21-Dec-2021 000000000 Other Energy
0000 00000000 13-Dec-2021 00 0000000 Electronic Equipment and Instruments
JK Energy 14-Nov-2021 Later Stage VC Energy Storage
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Canadian Solar Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Recurrent Energy Energy Infrastructure Austin, TX 2006
00000000 000000 Energy Infrastructure Toronto, Canada 0000
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Canadian Solar Exits (7)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000000 00000 01-Jul-2020 000000000 00000000 0000 Completed
  • 3 buyers
000000 000000 (000 02-Sep-2019 000000000 00000 00 Completed
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000000 00000 0000 01-Aug-2019 000000000 00000000 00.000 Completed
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00000000 00000 (00 17-Dec-2018 00000 0000000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Suntop Solar Farm 29-Jan-2018 Merger/Acquisition Completed
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