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Solar Market Improving for Most, But Not All

Earnings have been all over the map, revealing companies that are outstanding to on the brink of disaster.

By Travis Hoium – Sep 10, 2013 at 1:15PM EST

SunPower (SPWR +0.00%), Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL), and JinkoSolar (JKS +6.73%) started off earnings season by reporting a vast improvement in earnings during the second quarter. But that improvement hasn't translated to companies like Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE), LDK Solar, and JA Solar (NASDAQ: JASO), who are reporting losses and even a decline in revenue for JA Solar. Solar analyst Travis Hoium gives his take on what we learned this earnings season in the video below. 

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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