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How Canadian Solar Inc. stacks up
CSIQ · against 603 other Technology companies of similar size
Growth
10/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #516 of 604 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score73 peers with a growth score of 10–19, including CSIQ · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 10?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, 3-year revenue growth and revenue growth, which are weaker than most Technology peers.
- Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss. Earnings per share growth: — vs peer median 11.1%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 88% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -9.2% vs peer median 4.8%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 85% of peers. Revenue growth: -6.6% vs peer median 8.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CSIQ, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CSIQ | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 608 reported | -6.6% | 6.0% | 18% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 349 reported | Not reported | 6.7% | — | — | 33% |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 599 reported | -9.2% | 3.0% | 16% | 33% |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CSIQScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score