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May 1, 2026

nVent Electric (NVT, BUY) – 1Q26 FLASH – FY organic sales guide bumped +10% to +22%

By Austin Wang

Expect Street to revise upwards after a clean beat & raise on strong incremental margins for key growth segment Systems Protection. NVT posted mid-30’s organic growth while raising the FY guide to low-20’s – we…

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May 1, 2026

Comfort Systems (FIX, BUY) – The Beat and Raise Party Is Still On, PT to $2,518 – 1Q26 Review

By Austin Wang

We raise our numbers as FIX beat and raised atop difficult compares in defiance of valuation fears. Our catch-up with Investor Relations continues to underscore our conversations with cooling co-vendors – installation volumes and pricing…

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April 29, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 4/29/2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$38,585/ton = $5.42/kg) – down 14.8% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT. Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 4/29/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw…

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April 29, 2026

Enphase (ENPH) – Headline Beat Masks an Underlying Disaster: U.S. Sell-Through Down 48% Q/Q, 2Q Guide Misses by 4%, Batteries Miss by 27%

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line Enphase delivered the kind of “beat” that does not survive contact with the second page. Headline 1Q26 revenue of $282.9M printed in-line (-0.3% vs. consensus $283.8M), and the optical (non-GAAP) OPEX line drove…

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April 28, 2026

GLJ Macro Follow-Up — Spotify (“SPOT”) Confirms GLJ’s Equity Derivatives Volatility Strategy Thesis in Real Time

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Vol Crush Mechanics Played Out on a Clean Beat — 24 Hours Before the Mag-7 Catalyst Window Opens Spotify (SPOT; NC) reported Q1 results pre-market today and beat consensus on EPS ($3.45 vs. $2.99 est.)…

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April 27, 2026

GE Vernova (GEV, BUY) – 800V future ahead- Substations “just the beginning” – 1Q26 Review

By Austin Wang

Expect Electrifications upward revisions to continue as we hear back from our industry contacts. “This is just the beginning” Electrification future firing on 800V cylinders We confirmed with GE Vernova explicitly that the medium-voltage Uninterruptible…

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April 27, 2026

Sungrow 1Q Miss: Storage Margin Pool Cracks — Trade Implications for JKS, CSIQ, DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What Changed This Morning Early this morning, Sungrow Power Supply (300274 CH) reported 1Q26 net income of RMB 2.3B versus Bloomberg consensus of RMB 3.32B — a 31% miss and -40% YoY. Management cites intensifying…

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April 26, 2026

GLJ Macro Weekly – U.S. Equity Derivatives Volatility Strategy: Implied Volatility at Cycle Highs Across Mag-7; Structural Unwind Risk Elevated

By Gordon L. Johnson II

1-Week 100% moneyness implied vol has surged to 12-month extremes in AMZN, META, MSFT, and GOOG ahead of Wednesday night earnings; AAPL follows Thursday. History is unambiguous — vol of this magnitude collapses post-catalyst, and…

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April 23, 2026

Mar. 2026 Chinese Solar Installs Collapse 56% YoY; Recent Polysilicon Futures Price Rip = Head Fake — Reiterate SELL on JKS, CSIQ, DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line China’s National Energy Administration (“NEA”) this morning released Q1 2026 solar PV installation data confirming what we have warned about for the past two quarters: the post-“531” pricing-reform air pocket is here, and…

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April 23, 2026

Tesla (TSLA) 1Q26 Review – Curtain Call: How Tesla Manufactured One More Positive Print Before the “Horrifying” Cash Burn Commences

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Bottom Line Tesla reported 1Q26 revenue of $22.387B and non-GAAP EPS of $0.41, optically a modest beat. This “beat”, however, was entirely manufactured. Stripping out management-disclosed one-time items — i.e., $230M of auto warranty true-downs…

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April 21, 2026

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) – We See a Sizeable Q1 Sales/EPS Miss on Tap; Guidance Also Appears Set to Disappoint; Maintain SELL

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Executive Summary Tesla reports 1Q26 results tomorrow after the close, and in our view, this print is just as much about the headline numbers as it is the forward commentary. The consensus calls for 1Q26…

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April 20, 2026

Initiate Legence (LGN) at BUY – Modular Cooling to Run Hot, $99PT

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage of Legence (LGN) at BUY with a PT of $99 to emphasize Legence’s increasingly pivotal role in addressing integration undercapacity for data center cooling end-customers. Our channel checks on Legence’s large hyperscaler…

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April 20, 2026

Initiate Everus Construction Group (ECG) at HOLD – Leverage to the Customers, $141PT

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage on Everus Construction Group (ECG) at HOLD to reflect a fairly-priced data center opportunity-set at $141PT. Despite management’s prudent execution, limited quantification of pre-fabrication capacity ramp and predominantly cost-plus contracting caps our…

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April 20, 2026

Initiate Comfort Systems (FIX) at BUY – Scale at the Bottleneck Meets Modular Momentum

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage on Comfort Systems at BUY, as backlog adds and ramping incremental margins emphasize that demand is there for this best-in-class capacity provider. View the next leg of revisions as bookings driven as…

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April 20, 2026

Leverage to Scale: Initiating coverage on Data Center Fabrication E&Cs FIX, LGN, & ECG

By Austin Wang

We initiate coverage on FIX (BUY), LGN (BUY), and ECG (HOLD) at a time of pivotal change as data center proliferation promps longtime installation and construction companies to retool towards becoming contract manufacturers. Customer concentration…

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