Solar Stocks of the Day: TSL, SOLF, FSLR, LDK (8/17/2009)

By Henry Wang

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

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL) declined 6.68% to $26.42. Barclays Capital previewed TSL's Q2:2009 earnings, and maintained Equal Weight rating and $24 price target on TSL. Collins Stewart reiterated Buy rating and $35 target price on TSL.

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:SOLF) declined 5.67% to $6.32. Collins Stewart previewed SOLF's Q2:2009 earnings, and reiterated Hold rating on SOLF. Jefferies & Company maintained Hold rating and $6 price target on SOLF.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) declined 5.18% to $134.43. Jefferies & Company maintained Buy rating and $200 price target on FSLR. Societe Generale maintained Buy rating and $210 price target on FSLR.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK) declined 3.25% to $8.92. Morgan Stanley maintained Equal-weight rating on LDK, and raised price target from $5.10 to $7.80.

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

Rank	Company (Ticker)	Last price	Daily Change
1	EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR)	1.19	-2.46%
2	Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS)	1.18	-2.48%
3	BTU International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTUI)	6.36	-2.90%
4	LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK)	8.92	-3.25%
5	Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU)	1.76	-3.30%
6	Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER)	12.85	-3.75%
7	SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA)	26.57	-3.91%
8	Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESLR)	1.90	-5.00%
9	First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)	134.43	-5.18%
10	Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP)	16.70	-5.33%
11	Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:SOLF)	6.32	-5.67%
12	GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLR)	5.18	-5.82%
13	Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ)	15.52	-6.17%
14	MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR)	15.76	-6.30%
15	Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE)	11.64	-6.36%
16	Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL)	26.42	-6.68%
17	ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL)	4.97	-7.62%
18	JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO)	3.83	-8.15%
19	DayStar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:DSTI)	0.56	-8.20%
20	Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL)	2.70	-8.78%
21	Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR)	4.86	-9.16%
22	China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CSUN)	4.37	-9.71%
23	Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI)	5.77	-15.52%

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