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March 12, 2026

TESLA (TSLA) — ROBOTAXI PROGRAM UPDATE

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Austin FSD Rollout Failure: Fleet Collapse, Crash Data & Management Exodus EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This update incorporates three new data layers since our June 5th, 2025 initial Austin note: (1) NHTSA-sourced crash rate analysis confirming Tesla’s…

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March 11, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: Framing the Setup Into 1Q’26 Steel Earnings Results

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mixed Today vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper +1.34% to $5.92/lb; aluminum +2.25% to $1.66/lb; nickel -1.29% to $9.32/lb; zinc +0.11% to $1.61/lb; lead -0.17% to $1.10/lb; gold -0.23% to $5,180/oz; silver -1.90% to…

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March 10, 2026

Initiate Nextpower (NXT) at BUY – Customer Consolidation, Vertical SKU Capture, & Franchise Moat Being Priced as Cyclical Equip. Player

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The Supermarket Thesis The core insight is structural, not cyclical: NXT’s customers are consolidating, and NXT is one of the only vendors with the execution capability to consolidate their SKUs vertically. This is a supermarket…

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March 5, 2026

Initiate nVent Electric (NVT) at BUY – Investor Day to quantify data center hypergrowth

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage on nVent Electric at BUY w/ a street-high $151PT and estimates to match. We believe that despite management’s best efforts, the analyst community is mismodeling the size and growth of NVT’s liquid…

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March 5, 2026

Initiate Powell Industries (POWL) at HOLD – Execution utilities-focused, data center upside limited

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage of POWL at HOLD with a $450PT as channel checks and management commentary call into question the data center narrative priced into the stock. We model +MSD% upside to sellside numbers, but…

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March 5, 2026

Initiate Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI) at BUY – Hyperscaler Credentials Place it Among Premium Peers, $60PT

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage on Solaris Energy Infrastructure at BUY with a $60PT even as BYoG power generation continues to prove itself through incremental contracting at extended durations. Speed-to-power continues to resonate in industry conversations as…

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March 4, 2026

First Solar Q4 Review: Downgrade to HOLD on Guidance Weakness, Backlog Deterioration & Uncertainty Ahead of 232 Clarification

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis FSLR 4Q25 Earnings: Ugly Guide, but the Real Story is What Comes Next The headline: 2026 guidance was a meaningful miss across every metric – revenue, volumes, and EBITDA – and it wasn’t…

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March 3, 2026

Sunrun (RUN): Valuation Methodology – we Set 2026E Year-End Price Objective at $6.73 (-46.3% Downside from Yesterday’s Closing Price); Q&A Below with Two Structured Product Solar ABS Traders (from Feb. 12th, 2026)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis Sunrun is materially overvalued on any rigorous DCF construction – the stock is pricing in an outcome that the underlying cash flow trajectory does not support. Our $6.73 price target is anchored to…

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March 2, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: Nucor Spot Prices Tops $1,000/ton; US Supply Surges to >4yr High

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mostly Lower vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper -1.92% to $5.92/lb; aluminum +0.94% to $1.57/lb; nickel -2.00% to $9.32/lb; zinc -0.48% to $1.61/lb; lead -0.35% to $1.10/lb; gold +0.60% to $5,311/oz; silver -6.52% to…

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February 27, 2026

RUN Q4 Review: The Securitization Machine Is Stalling – Revenue Mirage Masks $110M Cash Generation Miss, Tax Equity Freeze, and ABS Market Deterioration

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis Headline beat masks deteriorating unit economics. Revenue inflated by asset-sale accounting. Volume declining. Creation costs rising. 2026E Cash Generation guidance of $350M midpoint is $110M below Street consensus – a material miss being…

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February 26, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 2/25/2026: Cost pass-through stalls in midstream as end-market demand remains weak

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Please see bottom of report for important disclosures Gordon L. Johnson/GLJ Research LLC ————————————————– Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$47,630/ton = $6.65/kg) – down 3.4% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT….

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February 24, 2026

Tesla – The Optimus Delusion: Strip Away the Narrative and What’s Left?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis We reiterate our SELL rating and $25.28 price target on TSLA. In this note, we specifically address the question Wall Street’s TSLA bulls refuse to ask honestly: what if Optimus actually works? Our answer, after an…

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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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