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Canadian Solar Inc (CSIQ) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CSIQ, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.9% week · +8.0% month · +11.5% quarter · +49.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.10 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CSIQ has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.10 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Canadian Solar Inc moved 0.10% on average · correlation 0.01 · higher than 14% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 2.26 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.21% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −3.44% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Solar · US · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Solar · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CSIQ on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Canadian Solar Inc

CSIQ in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Canadian Solar makes solar modules, inverters, racking and battery storage systems, and also develops, builds and operates the solar and storage plants that use them. Its Manufacturing segment sells panels and storage hardware to installers, distributors and utilities, while its Recurrent Energy segment owns and runs power plants and sells the electricity they generate. It serves everyone from household buyers to utility companies and government end users. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Canadian Solar does not hold a seat in our Rubin index, so it sits in our wider Technology sleeve as a US-listed solar name rather than an AI build-out constituent; the diary treats it as a hardware and project-development name in the renewable-energy corner of the universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Technology names in the US, a broad sector-and-country cohort that includes Micron, Nvidia and Adobe rather than direct solar rivals; the market also names First Solar as a comparable panel maker.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether the weak momentum reading and the recent price fall against its moving averages ease, and whether analyst targets stop being cut before the diary revisits the name.

Canadian Solar Inc (CSIQ) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 27/100 composite (momentum 10, quality 10, valuation 41) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Wells Fargo, 2026-08-31

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CSIQ from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 17 from 18 Target cut to $17 from $18 (+29.4% to spot) 2026-08-31
  • Price target Roth Capital — target 15 from 18 Target cut to $15 from $18 (+14.2% to spot) 2026-08-28
  • Price target Mizuho — target 17 from 18 Target cut to $17 from $18 (+21.6% to spot) 2026-08-28

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 70 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CSIQ pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 70 m USD 8.9% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.6% in FY2025 24 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 70 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Canadian Solar Inc (CSIQ)?

Canadian Solar Inc trades as CSIQ on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is CSIQ in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Canadian Solar Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Canadian Solar Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

27 out of 100, with momentum 10, quality 10 and valuation 41 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CSIQ trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -14% vs the 50-day and -30.3% vs the 200-day average, 66.6% below the 52-week high and +11.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Canadian Solar Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Solar · US), Canadian Solar Inc (CSIQ) sits 66.6% below its 52-week high, 14.0% below its 50-day average; First Solar Inc (FSLR) is 45.1% below, Nextpower Inc. (NXT) is 46.0% below, Array Technologies Inc (ARRY) is 68.1% below. Put any of them next to CSIQ in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Canadian Solar Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Canadian Solar Inc had a beta of 0.10 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 14% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.21% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Canadian Solar Inc do?

Canadian Solar makes solar modules, inverters, racking and battery storage systems, and also develops, builds and operates the solar and storage plants that use them. Its Manufacturing segment sells panels and storage hardware to installers, distributors and utilities, while its Recurrent Energy segment owns and runs power plants and sells the electricity they generate. It serves everyone from household buyers to utility companies and government end users. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Technology names in the US, a broad sector-and-country cohort that includes Micron, Nvidia and Adobe rather than direct solar rivals; the market also names First Solar as a comparable panel maker.

Where does Canadian Solar Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Canadian Solar does not hold a seat in our Rubin index, so it sits in our wider Technology sleeve as a US-listed solar name rather than an AI build-out constituent; the diary treats it as a hardware and project-development name in the renewable-energy corner of the universe. It carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Canadian Solar Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Canadian Solar Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 70 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 0.6% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Canadian Solar Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Canadian Solar Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Wells Fargo on 2026-08-31 (target 17 from 18). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CSIQ, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Solar, then Technology. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.