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September 17, 2025

Wall Street’s Q3 Delivery Estimates Remain Irresponsibly Low; but if you’re a TSLA Bull, Q3 Earnings are Shaping up to be Scary, with Q4 Looking Downright “Terrifying”

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Consensus hasn’t bothered to update its 3Q25E Tesla delivery estimate since early July – which tells you all you need to know about the rigor of Wall Street coverage here. We believe the Street’s Q3…

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September 15, 2025

Metals & Mining Snapshot (“The Daily Smelt”): September 15

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Our Inaugural Metals & Mining Daily Snapshot. Welcome to the first edition of our Metals & Mining Daily Snapshot. Starting tomorrow, you’ll have this in your inbox at 7am every morning – think of it…

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September 8, 2025

GLJ Solar Weekly – California Solar Initiative Data Dump for June ’25 + Wood Mackenzie/SEIA Updated 2025E Solar Forecast

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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September 4, 2025

Steel Industry Monitor: Waiting for an ‘Upturn’, While Reality Keeps Delivering ‘Flatlines’

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What’s Inside? Twenty-three exhibits capturing the core industry trends that will likely dictate North American steel pricing in the months ahead. Conclusion. Spot HRC prices have held mostly steady over the past two weeks, but…

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September 4, 2025

GE Vernova (GEV, BUY): Mitsubishi goes Heavy on Gas – emerging positive event-path for GEV? PT to $757, Reiterate BUY

By Austin Wang

We view near-term underperformance as a buying opportunity ahead of a September conference season where management could announce a matching expansion. Reiterate BUY, PT to $757 – +31% upside from current levels. +30% capacity expansion…

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August 29, 2025

Is Cameco’s 2025 McArthur River Production Cut a “Goldilocks” Scenario Headed into Next Weeks’ World Nuclear Association Symposium in London?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The World Nuclear Association’s flagship gathering, the World Nuclear Symposium (“WNA”), kicks off next week. Historically, this is when much of the forward-years’ contracting for U₃O₈ supply gets done. The timing of Cameco’s production cut…

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August 27, 2025

GLJ Solar Weekly – A Detailed Look into Global Solar Demand (by Country) and What it Suggests for the Solar Sector in 2H25E & 2026E

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Global Solar Demand: An Update. We’ve reviewed the patchwork of government data, trade association reports, media anecdotes, and BloombergNEF estimates to frame where global solar demand stands heading into 2H25E and 2026E. The popular narrative…

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August 22, 2025

Q2 Review: Bad Goes to Worse (as GLJ warned); But is the Pain Over?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Canadian Solar: Are Investors Looking the Wrong Way? Canadian Solar reported another disappointing quarter, with Q2 revenue and earnings below expectations and management guiding Q3 and 2025 materially lower. While many of the “China ADR…

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August 21, 2025

How Do Tesla’s Fundamentals Stack Up vs. its Magnificent 6 Peers Over the Next 5-to-10 Years?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Is Tesla’s Valuation Justified When Applying the “Heroic” Assumptions from its Biggest Bulls? In this note, applying the public forecasts from some of Tesla’s most ardent bulls (i.e., Morgan Stanley), we attempt to address why…

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August 19, 2025

Initiate Vertiv (VRT) at SELL – High-Density Competition in a High-Density Future

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage of Vertiv with a SELL rating and a $112 PT (-17% downside). While VRT has enjoyed a largely justified multi-year re-rate on the back of AI infrastructure tailwinds, we believe the stock…

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August 15, 2025

US Treasury Guidance on President Trump’s Executive Order Essentially Excludes Resi Solar from Sig. Harm; Upgrade to HOLD as N-Term, we No Longer See a SELL Rating as Fitting

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The US Treasury Has Issued Guidance… and it Couldn’t Be Better News for the Residential Solar Space. While many thought President Trump’s Treasury department was going to kill the loophole that allowed residential solar companies…

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August 14, 2025

GLJ Macro Update – That’s a Nice Bull Market You’ve Got There… Be a Shame if “Liquidity” Happened to It

By Gordon L. Johnson II

For the First Time Since 2018, w/ the Fed’s QE Slush Fund (i.e., the “RRP”) Now Nearly Empty, Treasury Issuance Has to Come From Bank Reserves; Are Equity Bulls Overlooking This? Liquidity fell in 2022…

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August 12, 2025

Q2 Review: Solid Results and Outlook; U.S. Government Offers “Helping Hand” Yet Again; PT Rises to $214.06; BUY

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Solid Results/Outlook. FSLR’s reported solid Q2 results, with both revs and EPS ahead of expectations. And, while the company recorded negative net bookings in 1H25 (due to 1.1GW of cancellations in Q2), FSLR has since…

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August 8, 2025

Sunrun Seems to Be Betting the IRS Is Too Dumb to Notice a Definition Change Worth Billions in Tax Credits

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Is Sunrun Counting on the IRS to Be as Inept with Safe Harboring as It Has Been with the Recursive ITC? Earlier this week, we highlighted Sunrun’s own guidance that its inventory will balloon from…

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August 8, 2025

Despite Elon Musk’s Touting of the Spectacular Capabilities of Tesla’s Dojo CPU Just Last Month, & Morgan Stanley Currently Valuing it at $500bn, Last Night we Learned the Program has Been Terminated

By Gordon L. Johnson II

All 20 members of Tesla’s Dojo team – including its leader, Peter Bannon – have left the company to join a startup called DensityAI (yes, the entire team). Last night, we learned that the lion’s…

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