Solar Stocks of the Day: SOL, LDK, YGE, JASO, CSIQ (8/13/2009)

By Henry Wang

Below are today's notable solar stocks with significant news and price performance:

ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE:SOL) rose 3.54% to $5.55. The company announced Q2:2009 earnings Wednesday morning before market open. Today Credit Suisse upgraded SOL to Outperform from Neutral, and raised price target from $3.80 to $7.50. Barclays Capital maintained Equal Weight rating on SOL, and reduced price target from $5.60 to $4.50. Piper Jaffray downgraded SOL from Neutral to Underweight, and reduced price target from $6.50 to $4.00.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK) declined 18.38% to $9.15. The company reported earnings for Q2:2009 Wednesday after market close. Today Barclays Capital maintained Equal Weight rating and $7.50 price target on LDK. UBS maintained Neutral rating and $14 price target on LDK.

Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:YGE) declined 8.77% to $12.28. Barclays Capital maintained Overweight rating on YGE, and reduced price target from $16.50 to $16.00.

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:JASO) declined 7.83% to $4.12. The company reported Q2:2009 earnings Wednesday before market open. Today Barclays Capital downgraded JASO from Overweight to Equal Weight, and reduced price target from $5 to $4. Credit Suisse maintained Neutral rating on JASO, but raised price target from $3 to $4.

Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) declined 7.69% to $16.93. Barclays Capital maintained Underweight rating and $8 price target on CSIQ.

Below is the daily performance ranking of 23 U.S.-listed solar stocks:

Rank	Company (Ticker)	Last price	Daily Change
1	Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL)	2.99	6.41%
2	ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL)	5.55	3.54%
3	DayStar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:DSTI)	0.60	3.45%
4	MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR)	17.15	2.08%
5	BTU International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTUI)	6.63	0.45%
6	First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)	144.76	-0.16%
7	Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR)	5.48	-1.44%
8	SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA)	28.32	-1.53%
9	EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR)	1.26	-1.56%
10	Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS)	1.24	-1.59%
11	Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESLR)	2.02	-1.94%
12	Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER)	13.65	-2.15%
13	Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI)	7.04	-2.36%
14	Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU)	1.91	-3.54%
15	GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLR)	5.81	-5.07%
16	Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP)	17.12	-6.70%
17	Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ)	16.93	-7.69%
18	JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO)	4.12	-7.83%
19	Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL)	27.26	-8.55%
20	Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE)	12.28	-8.77%
21	China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CSUN)	4.71	-9.25%
22	Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:SOLF)	6.77	-11.73%
23	LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK)	9.15	-18.38%

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