Top 10 World's Best Performing Solar PV Stocks (2011)
The table below shows the Top 10
of the best performing solar PV stocks in the period from 3 January 2011 until 30 December 2011. The full Top 30
is available for download
.
| Company name |
Share value 3/1/2011 |
Share value 30/12/2011 |
Relative Changes |
|
| 1. | GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. | $9.44 |
$7.24 |
-23% |
| 2. | GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. | $0.38 |
$0.28 |
-26% |
| 3. | SAG Solarstrom AG | $5.87 |
$4.23 |
-28% |
| 4. | SMA Solar Technology AG
|
$96.69 |
$55.78 |
-42% |
| 5. | Motech Industries Inc. | $3.08 |
$1.75 |
-43% |
| 6. | Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. | $2.91 |
$1.53 |
-47% |
| 7. | SunPower Corp. | $13.06 |
$6.23 |
-52% |
| 8. | SZ Topray Solar | $3.79 |
$1.67 |
-56% |
| 9. | SolarWorld AG | $10.57 |
$4.20 |
-60% |
| 10. | LDK Solar CO. Ltd. | $10.47 |
$4.19 |
-60% |
* the sources of the information in this overview are Bloomberg and Wikinvest. Excluded are those companies that have a large part of their activities in other industries like Meyer Burger, Kyocera etc.
Share values are those of the 30d of December, 2011.
Currency conversion rates are those of the 30d of December, 2011
Outstanding shares: 127,220,000
Share Value (USD): $7.24
Type of business:Polysilicon production equipment
Headquarters: USA
Website: www.gtat.com
Outstanding shares: 15,470,000,000
Share Value (USD): $0.28
Type of business: Polysilicon producer
Headquarters: China
Website: www.gcl-poly.com.hk
Outstanding shares: 13,110,000
Share Value (USD): $4.23
Type of business: Developing solar power plants
Headquarters: Germany
Website: www.solarstromag.net
Outstanding shares: 34,700,000
Share Value (USD): $55.78
Type of business: Inverter manufacturer
Headquarters: Germany
Website: www.sma.de
Outstanding shares: 437,400,000
Share Value (USD): $1.75
Type of business: Module manufacturer
Headquarters: Taiwan
Website: www.motechsolar.com
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6. Sino-American Silicon Products Inc.
Outstanding shares: 443,120,000
Share Value (USD): $1.53
Type of business: Silicon wafer producer
Headquarters: Taiwan
Website: www.saswafer.com
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Outstanding shares: 100,490,000
Share Value (USD): $6.23
Type of business: Module manufacturer
Headquarters: USA
Website: www.sunpowercorp.com
Outstanding shares: 489,750,000
Share Value (USD): $1.67
Type of business: Module manufacturer
Headquarters: China
Website: www.topraysolar.com
Outstanding shares: 111,720,000
Share Value (USD): $4.20
Type of business: Module manufacturer
Headquarters: Germany
Website: www.solarworld.de
Outstanding shares: 144,960,000
Share Value (USD): $4.19
Type of business: Manufacturer and supplier of PV products
Headquarters: China
Website: www.ldksolar.com
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