Following the link you provided, and a tweak or two, led me to this piece at Barron's. Pardon the formatting. You may have to copy and paste it into a good text editor. Take a good look at WWAT too as I believe it is where XSNX was before it took off.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
Shining Everywhere
Table: The Next Generation
Investors interested in solar stocks should consider reaching beyond the U.S., where the primary pure plays are relatively smaller. Some of the world's largest solar companies are based in Germany and Japan, both of which have provided rich subsidy programs designed to speed adoption of the technology as an alternative to fossil fuels. Here's a quick rundown on some of the world's solar stocks.
Recent
Company Price Ticker/Country Business
Arise Technologies C$0.25 APV/Canada Small-cap renewable-energy firm outfited Canada's first solar neighborhood.
ATS C$13.78 ATA/Canada Parent of Photowatt, largest solar operator in France.
Carmanah C$3.15 CMH/Canada Canadian firm builds integrated solar products, such as bus shelters, streetlights.
Conergy €84.35 Germany World's largest wholesaler of solar power.
Cypress Semi $15.40 CY/U.S. Parent of SunPower, solar-cell company now in registration for intitial offering.
Daystar 13.76 DSTI/U.S. Maker of alternative non-silicon solar systems; shares have sextupled in 12 months.
Energy Conv Devices 37.66 ENER/U.S. Alternative energy company includes solar arm.
Evergreen Solar 7.59 ESLR/U.S. Solar-wafer maker uses unique string ribbon wafer process, requiring less raw material.
Kyocera 7.20 KYO (ADR)/Japan World's second-largest solar company; though only small percentage of overall revenues.
MEMC 19.43 WFR/U.S. One of the world's largest silicon-wafer producers.
Motech TW $380.00 Taiwan Taiwanese company makes cells and modules.
Phoenix SonnenStrom €14.94 Germany German solar systems wholesaler sales grew 57% in 2005's first half.
Q-Cells – IPO Speculated/Gr Germany's largest solar-cell producer seen going public soon.
Renewable Energy – IPO Speculated/Gr Ranks among leaders in raw silicon, solar cells; IPO considered imminent.
Sekisui Chemical ¥743 Japan Manufactured home builder; 60% include solar.
Sharp ¥1644 Japan World's largest solar-power company.
S.A.G. Solarstrom €7.92 Germany Produces solar systems; came public in 2004.
Solar Integrated Tech 168 pence U.K. U.K. maker of industrial solar systems.
Solar-Fabrik €12.92 Germany German maker of solar modules, inverters, accessories and systems.
Solartron 11.8 baht Thailand Leading Thai solar-power company.
Solarworld €113.10 Germany Largest pure-play solar-power company by market cap, slightly over $1 billion.
Solco A $0.35 Australia Australian maker of solar water heaters and pumps.
Solon €28.68 Germany Producer of solar inverters and modules.
Spire $10.52 SPIR/U.S. Leading supplier of equipment and technology to make photovoltaic power cells.
Sunways €13.00 Germany Producer of solar cells and inverters.
Tokuyama ¥1031 Japan Diverse chemical company is Japan's largest silicon producer.
WorldWater $0.59 WWAT.OB/U.S. Micro-cap provider of residential, agricultural solar systems, including solar pumps and motors.
XsunX $0.23 XSNX.OB/U.S. Development-stage company focused on technology for producing solar power on glass.
Sources: Corporate Websites, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, Yahoo Finance
