{"id":549,"date":"2020-08-20T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T05:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/?p=549"},"modified":"2020-10-01T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:29:02","slug":"canadian-solar-reports-second-quarter-2020-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/2020\/549.html","title":{"rendered":"CANADIAN SOLAR REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2020 RESULTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GUELPH,\u00a0ON,\u00a0Aug. 7, 2020\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansolar.com\/\">Canadian Solar Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;Canadian Solar&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced financial results for the quarter ended\u00a0June 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Quarter 2020 Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>31% sequential increase in total module shipments to 2.9 GW, exceeding guidance of 2.5 GW to 2.7 GW.<\/li>\n<li>Net revenue of\u00a0$696 millionexceeding guidance of\u00a0$630 million\u00a0to\u00a0$680 million.<\/li>\n<li>Gross margin of 21.2% exceeding guidance of 18.5% to 20.5%.<\/li>\n<li>17% reduction in operating expenses compared to the second quarter of 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Net income attributable to\u00a0Canadian Solarof\u00a0$20.6 million\u00a0or\u00a0$0.34\u00a0per diluted share.<\/li>\n<li>Updated shipment guidance to 11 GW to 12 GW for 2020, and 18 GW to 20 GW for 2021.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shawnqu\/\">Dr.\u00a0Shawn Qu<\/a>, Chairman and CEO<\/strong>, commented, &#8220;Despite challenging market conditions, second quarter results exceeded expectations both on revenue and profits. Over the past 19 years, we have built a strong foundation and track record based on technology innovation, all-around product execution, robust customer channels and prudent capital deployment. This foundation has helped us to dynamically adjust to changing market environments and consistently deliver a market-leading return on capital and equity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, we announced the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/investors.canadiansolar.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/canadian-solar-announces-strategic-decision-extend-access-chinas\">plan to list<\/a>\u00a0our Module and System Solutions (&#8220;MSS&#8221;) business on\u00a0China&#8217;s\u00a0stock market. If successful, it will give us greater access to additional, lower-cost sources of capital and allow us to grow faster at a time when we believe growth in the solar industry and market consolidation are both set to accelerate.\u00a0We have started the pre-IPO capital raising process to bring in new partners to our MSS business and convert it into a Sino-foreign joint stock company, which is required by Chinese security regulations for listing in\u00a0China&#8217;s\u00a0stock market. This investment round is expected to be completed by the end of September, and will also allow us to immediately expand our manufacturing capacity using the best available technologies and equipment to support our newly set module shipment plan for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we\u00a0believe the listing will help us unlock value for shareholders by addressing our valuation gap relative to\u00a0China-listed solar companies. Meanwhile, as a Canadian-based global company, we remain fully committed to our NASDAQ listing and remain focused on expanding our Energy business worldwide by growing our high-quality project pipeline and sales, and increasing our partial ownership of select solar and storage projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yan Zhuang, President and COO<\/strong>, said, &#8220;We are benefiting from a demand rebound across most of our markets, with our order backlog for the second half of 2020 and even next year already exceeding our previous expectations. While the current polysilicon supply disruption and shortage presents a near-term challenge, we are positioning ourselves for long-term growth. On the one hand, we\u00a0will expand\u00a0capacity and\u00a0increase the level of\u00a0vertical integration in our module business, which will allow us to capture more global market share, enhance pricing power, control costs and improve profitability in an industry that is rapidly consolidating. On the other hand, we are building our technological capabilities in the solar PV plus storage space, gearing up for new growth opportunities as adoption of clean solar energy accelerates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr.\u00a0Huifeng Chang, Senior VP and CFO<\/strong>, added, &#8220;As the industry demand and capital market conditions are both improving, we are working to strike a balance between investing for long-term growth and preserving cash. In the near term, uncertainties remain around the impact of the ongoing pandemic, geopolitical and policy risks. In the medium- to longer-term,\u00a0the plan to list our MSS business in\u00a0China&#8217;s\u00a0stock market\u00a0will give us the additional resources to deliver higher future earnings growth and return on capital. We remain disciplined in our capital allocation decisions, as always, and will continue to monitor the market and adjust to changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">SOURCE\u00a0Canadian Solar Inc.<\/span><\/strong><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">View original content:<\/span><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/canadian-solar-reports-second-quarter-2020-results-301108297.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/canadian-solar-reports-second-quarter-2020-results-301108297.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUELPH,\u00a0ON,\u00a0Aug. 7, 2020\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Canadian Solar Inc.\u00a0(&#8220;Canadian Solar&#8221; or the &#8220; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}