Roth Capital Downgrades SolarCity (SCTY) to Neutral; Sidelined Until Better Execution Appears

Roth Capital downgrades SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) from Buy to Neutral and cuts its price target from $65 down to $19 following Q4 results and Q1 outlook.

Analyst Philip Shen noted that SolarCity reported weak Q4 results amid reset numbers, hampered by NV and longer lead time in commercial.

Shen summarized: We had previewed the potential for a healthy Q4 and Q1 volumes that needed to be at least 215MW. What investors got was much more disappointing, despite an ITC extension resulting in a robust long-term outlook. The last quarter was supposed to be the "kitchen sink" quarter that resulted in lowered expectations. One quarter later, the company delivered another miss on NV (out of company's control) and commercial timing. Sentiment in the stock is clearly negative, and we think the recipe for fixing it requires two ingredients: (1) Steady and better-than-expected execution over time and (2) Healthy and robust access to ABS and the capital markets — also over time.

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