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February 20, 2026

The Commodity Trap: Fortescue’s Earnings Cliff Is Here

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis We reiterate our SELL rating on Fortescue and adjust our year-end 2026E price target higher to A$15.00 (from A$12.00 prior) ahead of H1 FY26 results on February 25. Our conviction has increased materially…

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February 19, 2026

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) — Research Update

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Thesis: The Emperor Has No Clothes — And the Market Doesn’t Care (Yet) We are reiterating our SELL rating on Tesla with a year-end 2026 price target of $25.28/share. At ~$410, Tesla trades at 382x…

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February 18, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: U.S. Mills Maintain the Upper Hand, But Price Hikes Slow to Stick

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Flat-to-Higher vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper +2.35% to $5.83/lb; aluminum flat at $1.53/lb; nickel flat at $9.20/lb; zinc flat at $1.59/lb; lead +0.86% to $1.09/lb; gold -0.23% to $5,046/oz; silver +6.24% to $78.11/oz;…

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February 18, 2026

Picks & Shovels: New West Virginia 1.2GW announced for ’31 CoD – AGX on shortlist?

By Austin Wang

A public utility applied to build a 1.2GW CCGT (expected to CoD in ’31) as a brownfield addition to an existing coal power plant at Fort Martin Power Station. AGX ($414.98, BUY) – 1.2GW CCGT…

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February 18, 2026

Cameco Corporation/CCJ: 4Q25 Review – Uranium Fundamentals Strengthening; WEC Guidance Soft but Conservative

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis We reiterate our BUY rating on Cameco with an updated C$171.20 price target (prior C$100) – +11% upside from yesterday’s closing price – following strong 4Q25 results that underscored the fundamental tightness in…

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February 17, 2026

GLJ Solar Weekly – CSI Data Dump for Dec. ’25 Sheds Light on Storage Momentum & Fireside Chat w/ Solar Bull on State of Market in Q1

By Gordon L. Johnson II

California Solar Initiative (“CSI”) Data Sheds Light on State of Affairs for Module Level Performance Electronic (“MLPE”) Bellwethers Enphase and SolarEdge, as well as U.S. Storage Market. In this note, we provide the key takeaways from…

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February 10, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: U.S. Mills Keep Pushing – But Spreads Are Doing the Talking

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mostly Lower vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper -0.36% to $5.92/lb; aluminum -0.28% to $1.54/lb; nickel -0.39% to $9.16/lb; zinc -0.89% to $1.60/lb; lead +0.86% to $1.09/lb; gold -0.23% to $5,046/oz; silver -1.60% to…

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February 10, 2026

CLF Q4 Review: Subdued Demand Renders Results/Guidance Lackluster (as we warned); POSCO Deal Details “Underwhelm”

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line. CLF printed 4Q rev/EPS of $4.3bn/-$0.43 vs. Consensus at $4.6bn/-$0.62 (GLJe in line with Street), but the stock sold off for a simpler reason: investors were waiting for clarity on the POSCO MOU…

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February 5, 2026

ShovelCheck: AHR 2026 tradeshow checks emphasize chiller undercapacity, Rubin architecture changes

By Austin Wang

We spent an entire day speaking with the largely-private component manufacturers and distribution partners supplying the leading HVAC OEMs and data center cooling providers at a leading HVACR conference. Our conversations emphasized that 1) chillers,…

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February 5, 2026

Enphase Q4 Review: “Hope Euphoria” Sends Shares Soaring 39% Higher; While the Easy Route is to Upgrade, our Checks Point to Storm Clouds on the Horizon; Maintain SELL; PT Edges Lower to $21.70/shr (-58% Downside)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line. Strip out the safe-harbor noise and ENPH’s 1Q26 revenue guide of $235–$265mm merely rubber-stamps its prior ~$250mm soft outlook. The more telling datapoint was the margin guidance: 43.5% in Q1, down 540bps y/y…

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February 3, 2026

Daqo: The Polysilicon Paradox Deepens as China’s Supply Discipline Falls Short – Downgrade to SELL (from BUY)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line. We move our rating on Daqo New Energy from BUY to SELL and lower our 12-month price objective to $18.13/shr (-26% downside from yesterday’s closing price). In what follows, we provide an update…

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February 2, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: U.S. HRC Lead Times Edge Lower w/ U.S. HRC Spot Prices Near Multi-Month High = Seasonality ‘Headwinds’ Nearing?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mostly Lower vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper -3.41% to $5.94/lb; aluminum -5.12% to $1.55/lb; nickel -3.8% to $9.15/lb; zinc -3.92% to $1.63/lb; lead -1.4% to $1.09/lb; gold -4.45% to $4,676/oz; silver -8.26% to…

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January 29, 2026

Tesla Q4 Review: From Hypergrowth to Hope – Is TSLA now an Ex-Growth ~$10bn/yr Cash Incinerator Leaning on Zero-Revenue ‘Promises’ to Defend a Lofty Multiple?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom line: TSLA printed Q4 rev/GAAP EPS of $24.9bn/$0.24 vs. Consensus at $25.1bn/$0.34 (GLJe $24.1bn/$0.24). The headline “beat,” however, came courtesy of the accounting add-backs. Stock-based compensation surged a record $223mn q/q – the highest…

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January 27, 2026

Two of the “Big Three” U.S. Steel Mills Reported Earnings Yesterday… and Wall Street Appears Worried

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line: Yesterday, before the open, Steel Dynamics (STLD; NC) reported results that missed on the top line and generated just $84mn of Q4 free cash flow – far short of the ~$210mn the market…

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January 26, 2026

What do Surging Silver/Polysilicon Prices (i.e., ~9.5% of the BOM for Chinese Solar Modules) Mean for Jinko Solar’s and Canadian Solar’s Margins… and is it “Priced in”?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What’s Up? According to PVInsights, and keeping in mind that polysilicon comprises roughly ~15% of the bill of materials (“BOM”) for a Chinese solar module, N-type recharge polysilicon prices rose ~25% y/y in 2025 –…

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