JinkoSolar (JKS) Reports Q1 Revenues Above Estimates
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.05, versus $0.24 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $728.06 million versus the consensus estimate of $721.73 million.
First Quarter 2018 Highlights
- Total solar module shipments were 2,015 megawatts (\"MW\") (including 209 MW to be used in the Company\'s overseas downstream solar projects for which no revenue has been recognized), a decrease of 18.8% from 2,481 MW in the fourth quarter of 2017 and a decrease of 2.6% from 2,068 MW in the first quarter of 2017.
- Total revenues were RMB4.57 billion (US$728.1 million), a decrease of 28.1% from the fourth quarter of 2017 and a decrease of 20.9% from the first quarter of 2017.
- Gross margin was 14.4%, compared with 11.6% in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 11.2% in the first quarter of 2017.
- Income from operations was RMB125.0 million (US$19.9 million), compared with RMB91.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 and RMB56.8 million in the first quarter of 2017.
- Net income attributable to the Company\'s ordinary shareholders was RMB3.6 million (US$0.6 million) in the first quarter of 2018, compared with RMB22.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 and RMB60.6 million in the first quarter of 2017.
- Diluted earnings per American depositary share (\"ADS\") were RMB0.096 (US$0.016).
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to the Company\'s ordinary shareholders in the first quarter of 2018 was RMB11.0 million (US$1.7 million), compared with RMB41.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 and RMB80.0 million in the first quarter of 2017.
- Non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per ADS were RMB0.300 (US$0.048) and RMB0.296 (US$0.048) in the first quarter of 2018, compared with RMB1.272 and RMB1.232 in the fourth quarter of 2017 and RMB2.536 and RMB2.508 in the first quarter of 2017.
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