Ameresco, New Flyer, PFB: Q1 Efficiency Earnings Highlights
Tom Konrad CFA Performance contractor Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) reported earnings on May 9th. Revenues were below analyst expectations, but Chairman, CEO, and President George Sakellaris put this down to timing issues, and stuck by his full year guidance. Strong growth in the firm’s backlog and awarded project’s seem to back up this relatively optimistic view. From the earnings call transcript e are very confident about the improving market conditions in few of our regions, as well as continued growth in our all other offerings. These are expected to be the growth drivers for the near-term. We are also...
See You Later, Hannon Armstrong
by Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA
Sustainable infrastructure financier Hannon Armstrong (NYSE:HASI) is not in my Ten Clean Energy Stocks model portfolio for the first year since its IPO in 2013. I still love the company and its business model, but I have become concerned about its short term prospects.
Dividend Disappointment?
In my last update on the 2017 portfolio, I wrote,
“Sustainable infrastructure and clean energy financier Hannon Armstrong reported earnings on November 1st. The headline numbers were lower than expected, but for a very good reason. The company has spent the last few months locking in low interest rates by refinancing its...
Recycler Priced for Recovery
by Debra Fiakas CFA
Shares of Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCI: Nasdaq) has trended downward over the last year, despite some strong fundamental progress in the company’s position the recycling sector. The corporate name tells at least part of the company’s story. Besides recycling appliances such as washers, dryers and refridgerators, ARC also sells new and like-new appliances right out of the box. The company has eighteen stores branded ApplianceSmart across the country. Services to electric utilities and other energy companies related to energy efficiency programs provide yet another revenue source.
In the twelve months ending March 2017, ARC reported...
Can Investors Recover Faith In Energy Recovery?
by Debra Fiakas CFA
Despite reporting the highest gross profit margin in Energy Recovery's (ERII: Nasdaq) history, investors were sorely disappointed with financial results in the Company’s second quarter ending June 2017. On the first day of trading following the earnings release the share price gapped downward and closed even lower under above average trading volume. This is likely because there was some expectation that Energy Recovery could finally report a net profit in the quarter as sales of the Company’s flagship PX Pressure Exchanger to the desalination market had appeared to pick up in recent months. Unfortunately the Company reported...