Roth Capital Has Pessimistic View of JinkoSolar Q1 Earnings

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for JinkoSolar in a report released on Thursday, March 27th. Roth Capital analyst P. Shen now expects that the semiconductor company will post earnings per share of ($1.45) for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.87). The consensus estimate for JinkoSolar’s current full-year earnings is ($0.24) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for JinkoSolar’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.96) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($1.00) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.19) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($3.60) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.68) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.47) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.18) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.15) EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on shares of JinkoSolar from $20.00 to $18.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of JinkoSolar from $36.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Glj Research dropped their price target on shares of JinkoSolar from $13.08 to $10.95 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group reduced their price objective on JinkoSolar from $25.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets lowered JinkoSolar from an “underperform” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $27.19.

JinkoSolar Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE JKS opened at $19.69 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. JinkoSolar has a one year low of $16.70 and a one year high of $37.36. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $21.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion, a PE ratio of 33.36 and a beta of 0.40.

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($1.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.46) by ($0.55). JinkoSolar had a net margin of 0.53% and a return on equity of 4.18%. The firm had revenue of $20.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.38 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.54 earnings per share. JinkoSolar’s revenue for the quarter was down 37.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JinkoSolar

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of JKS. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio lifted its position in shares of JinkoSolar by 42.7% in the fourth quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 49,365 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,229,000 after buying an additional 14,765 shares during the last quarter. Twinbeech Capital LP lifted its holdings in JinkoSolar by 219.9% in the 4th quarter. Twinbeech Capital LP now owns 25,960 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $646,000 after purchasing an additional 17,846 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new stake in JinkoSolar in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,846,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its holdings in JinkoSolar by 85.1% during the fourth quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 8,697 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,998 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CoreCommodity Management LLC raised its position in shares of JinkoSolar by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. CoreCommodity Management LLC now owns 61,559 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,533,000 after purchasing an additional 640 shares during the period. 35.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About JinkoSolar

JinkoSolar Holding Co, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic products. The company offers solar modules, silicon wafers, solar cells, recovered silicon materials, and silicon ingots. It also provides solar system integration services; solar power generation and solar system EPC services; and energy storage system, as well as undertakes solar power projects.