What happened
Shares of the home improvement and solar lender Sunlight Financial Holdings (SUNL) dropped as much as 14% at one point this morning after the company reported earnings results for the third quarter of the year.
So what
Sunlight reported a loss of $0.15 diluted earnings per share on total revenue of $28.6 million. Analysts had projected the company to turn a profit of $0.06 in the quarter.
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Sunlight also reduced its guidance for the full year in relation to total funded loan balances. The company now projects total funded loans to come in between $2.45 billion and $2.55 billion. Last quarter, management had expected that number to be between $2.6 billion and $2.8 billion. All other guidance stayed the same. The company cited the projected reduction in total funded loans to supply chain, labor, and permitting challenges.
In other recent news regarding Sunlight, media outlets reported yesterday that Sunlight has partnered with American Challenger Development in a deal that will allow American Challenger to purchase up to $1.75 billion of loans from the company over the next few years. The stock jumped about 8% on the news yesterday.
Now what
The company has grown very fast on a year-over-year basis and definitely shows promise in an attractive lending segment. But investors will likely want to see Sunlight clear up some of the challenges it's currently facing and resume its fast growth before buying shares.
