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The party came with a side of side-eye
Sunrun did what every company hopes to do: beat the quarter. EPS came in at $0.38 versus an expected loss of $0.08, and revenue jumped 123.5% to $1.16 billion. Not bad for a stock that spends a lot of time acting like a trampoline.
But Glj Research isn’t buying the glow-up
Despite the shiny numbers, Glj Research reiterated its Sell rating on the solar installer. That’s the real news here: one analyst is basically saying, “Nice quarter, still not my thing.” And if you’re an investor, that matters because ratings can keep pressure on a name even after an earnings beat.
Why the skeptics still have ammo
The note leans on the stuff bulls hate to talk about at dinner:
- a high debt-to-equity ratio of 3.38
- a 52-week range that swings from $5.38 to $22.44
- recent insider selling, including CAO Maria Barak’s sale of 8,039 shares on Thursday, April 9, tied to tax withholding on vesting awards
That’s not a fatal thesis by itself, but it does explain why some analysts still see Sunrun as more “high-voltage” than “safe harbor.”
Big picture
Sunrun can absolutely show operating progress and still leave Wall Street uneasy. The company is growing, but with leverage, volatility, and insider selling in the mix, this stock still looks like a solar panel with a few cracked cells.