CSIQ vs Peers Stock Comparison

Canadian Solar Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSIQ Canadian Solar Inc.
$8.85 -18.1% 1M -41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$600.12M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.99B
Div. yield
–
Solar Equipment Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

CSIQ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCSIQ
Valuation 74 #7 of 24
Growth 5 #21 of 22
Profitability 74 #6 of 20
Financial Health 34 #22 of 33
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 47
  • CSIQ ranked among 33 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCSIQSPY
1 month -18.1% -0.8%
3 months -35.8% +3.5%
6 months -36.4% +7.0%
Year to date -62.8% +12.2%
1 year -41.0% +13.0%
3 years -53.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -22.8% +23.1%
5 years -77.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -25.6% +11.0%
10 years -42.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year -5.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCSIQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 92.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 99.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.44 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -73.6% -1.8%
52-week high $33.58 $779.14
52-week low $8.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCSIQ
P/E now vs peer median -2.5xmedian 21.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 12.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 0.53

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCSIQ
Revenue $4.99B
Gross profit $820.00M
Operating income -$27.67M
Net income -$251.16M
Free cash flow $311.68M
R&D $83.20M
EPS (diluted) $-3.60
Cash & equivalents $1.46B
Total debt $24.65B
Shares (diluted) 67.37M
Enterprise value -$4.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCSIQ
P/E -2.5x
P/FCF 1.9x
P/Operating cash flow -1.1x
P/S 0.1x
P/B 0.2x
P/Tangible book 0.2x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT -199.4x
EV/Revenue 1.1x
EV/FCF 17.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSIQ
Revenue growth (1Y) -15.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -14.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -26.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -17.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -27.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -35.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -9.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -36.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -135.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -51.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -43.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSIQ
Gross margin 16.4%
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin -0.6%
Pretax margin -3.7%
Net margin -4.9%
FCF margin 6.2%
Operating cash flow margin -11.4%
Return on equity -6.3%
Return on assets -1.6%
Return on invested capital -0.2%
Return on capital employed -0.3%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSIQ
Debt / assets 39.6%
Debt / equity 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF 20.5x
Liabilities / assets 75.6%
Equity / assets 24.4%
Interest coverage -0.1x
Current ratio 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSIQ
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield –
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCSIQ
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.62FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +21.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSIQ
Held by institutions 60.5%
Institutions holding 156
Change in shares held, QoQ +23.0%
Institutions buying 98
Institutions selling 32
Buyers to sellers 3.06

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