Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
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Any comments on the progress of these sales will be of particular interest to MEMC investors.
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Most analysts think investors should stand pat on MEMC Electronic, with 10 of 16 analysts rating it hold.
That number will certainly go up in the next few years as memc expands its solar product lineup.
The price of polysilicon has risen lately (up nearly 200% since late 2005), but MEMC owns its own supplies.
The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on MEMC Electronic, with nine of 15 analysts rating it hold.
Solar investors will want to keep an eye on the Solar Energy ETF (KWT), which is comprised of 28% MEMC stock.
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The semiconductor (non-solar) business has turned the corner, and he hopes this will support MEMC through the rest of the solar downturn.
Shares of silicon wafer producer MEMC Electronic Materials slumped in late trading Wednesday, after the company reduced its profit outlook for the full year.
They are expecting MEMC Electronic to come in at a loss of 12 cents per share, a reversal from earnings of 3 cents per share a year ago.
Companies such as MEMC Electronic materials, which gained 8.4% in the aforementioned rally, benefit from the diversification and safety they can derive from exposure to these two industries.
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Analysts are projecting MEMC Electronic to come in with earnings of 0 cents per share, 100% less than a year ago when it reported earnings of 29 cents per share.
Solar power chip maker MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) announced a series of restructuring steps today to better align the business to current and expected market conditions in the semiconductor and solar markets.
FORBES: MEMC Electronic Materials Announces Restructuring Efforts
The reduction reflects the suspension of operations at two plants: Shin-Etsu Chemnical has stopped manufacturing operations at its facility in Shirakawa, while MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) has shut its Utsunomiya facility.
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Goldman also reduced its price targets for a wide range of alternative energy stocks, including not just First Solar but also MEMC Electronic Materials, SunPower, STR, EnerSys, Itron, Amyris, KiOr and Solazyme.
Among the largest underlying components of TYH, in trading today Tellabs, Inc. ( NASD: TLAB) is down about 0.5%, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. ( NYSE: WFR) is down about 4%, and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. ( NASD: BRCD) is lower by about 0.8%.
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This gain was on normal trading volume and completely consistent with the bullish move in other solar-related stocks today such as such as GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), First Solar (FSLR), MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), SunPower Corp. (SPWR) and Veeco Instruments (VECO).
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