GT Solar International Doubles Quarterly Income at $16.5M

GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) recently posted impressive quarterly results, reporting net income for the first quarter of the fiscal year up to 11 cents a share, from 5 cents apiece it earned a year back. The company’s total net income for the quarter stood at $16.5 million, up from $7.8 million it earned for the same time period last year. The company’s revenue also increased from $71.8 million to $135.1 million. The consensus estimate for the earrings was at 7 cents per share, whereas revenue estimates were at $73 million.

The company also announced a follow-on order worth $23.4 million from OCI Company, a South Korea-based polysilican producing firm. GT Solar also acquired Crystal Systems Inc., a producer of crystalline growth technology for $24 million. The consideration is payable in cash and stock. It has been indicated that $24 million needs to be paid in cash with 5.4 million shares of the acquiring company. It will also include $21 million cash earn out.

GT Solar designs and manufactures equipments for the production of cell and modules. It is a global company and also deals in the designing of manufacturing equipments, as well as the manufacturing of chemical vapor deposition reactors. These reactors are used for manufacturing silicon tetrachloride and polysilicon converters. The company was founded in 1994 and is based out of New Hampshire, U.S.A.

GT Solar stock has a 52-week price range of $4.51-$7.98. The stock has a resistance level at $7.04. Its major support level is at $6.73. If the stock breaches this support level, then the next sustenance level is at $6.53. The stock’s 50-day moving average is at $5.93 and 200-day moving average stands at $5.58. GT Solar International’s P/E ratio is 13.02.

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