Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (YGE) Given Media Impact Rating of 0.16

Media coverage about Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE:YGE) has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media headlines about the solar energy provider an impact score of 45.4563624460101 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near term.

These are some of the news stories that may have impacted Accern’s scoring:

• Japan’s JAG completes 1.3-MW PV plant in Hokkaido – Renewables Now (subscription) (renewablesnow.com)
• Trading Watch: Levels in Review For Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd (YGE) – Hayden Business Journal (haydenbusinessjournal.com)
• Stock Tracker: Trend Analysis on Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd (YGE) – Danville Daily (danvilledaily.com)
• Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (YGE) has a worth of $2.39 per share; GSE Systems, Inc. (GVP) is stand … – Stocks Gallery (stocksgallery.com)

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on YGE. Roth Capital set a $2.00 target price on Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, June 17th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 14th. Axiom Securities restated a “sell” rating on shares of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited in a report on Friday, June 9th. Finally, ValuEngine cut Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, June 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited currently has a consensus rating of “Sell” and a consensus price target of $3.60.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE YGE) traded down 2.15% during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $2.28. 15,709 shares of the stock traded hands. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited has a 12 month low of $1.79 and a 12 month high of $4.85. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $2.30 and its 200-day moving average is $2.43. The company’s market cap is $41.44 million.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE:YGE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 15th. The solar energy provider reported ($1.47) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($2.27) by $0.80. The business had revenue of $149.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $151.50 million. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 58.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited will post ($8.61) EPS for the current year.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited Company Profile

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited is a solar panel manufacturer. The Company’s manufacturing covers the photovoltaic value chain from ingot casting and wafering through solar cell production and solar panel assembly. The Company’s end products include photovoltaic (PV) modules and PV systems of different sizes and power outputs.