Roth Capital Issues Negative Outlook for Sunrun Earnings

Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Sunrun in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 7th. Roth Capital analyst P. Shen now forecasts that the energy company will post earnings per share of ($0.22) for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.19). The consensus estimate for Sunrun's current full-year earnings is ($0.43) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Sunrun's Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.21) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.26) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.50) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.12) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.15) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.43) EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Sunrun from $22.00 to $18.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Sunrun to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of Sunrun from $11.00 to $9.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 3rd. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Sunrun from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of Sunrun from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Sunrun has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $14.82.

Sunrun Price Performance

RUN stock opened at $9.38 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $6.77 and a 200-day moving average price of $8.97. Sunrun has a 52-week low of $5.45 and a 52-week high of $22.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.15 and a beta of 2.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.47.

Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The energy company reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.22) by $0.42. Sunrun had a negative net margin of 18.80% and a negative return on equity of 5.15%. The firm had revenue of $504.27 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $487.29 million. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.40) earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Danny Abajian sold 16,927 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.74, for a total transaction of $114,087.98. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 231,279 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,558,820.46. This represents a 6.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CRO Paul S. Dickson sold 19,343 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.74, for a total transaction of $130,371.82. Following the sale, the executive now owns 399,729 shares in the company, valued at $2,694,173.46. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 138,540 shares of company stock worth $1,050,944 in the last 90 days. 3.77% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Sunrun

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in RUN. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in shares of Sunrun during the 3rd quarter valued at about $44,000. Franklin Resources Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Sunrun during the 3rd quarter valued at about $896,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in Sunrun by 33.7% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,460,949 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $26,385,000 after purchasing an additional 367,835 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Sunrun during the 4th quarter valued at about $94,000. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in Sunrun by 36.5% during the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,877,502 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $17,367,000 after purchasing an additional 501,918 shares during the last quarter. 91.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Sunrun Company Profile

Sunrun Inc designs, develops, installs, sells, owns, and maintains residential solar energy systems in the United States. It also sells solar energy systems and products, such as panels and racking; and solar leads generated to customers. In addition, the company offers battery storage along with solar energy systems; and sells services to commercial developers through multi-family and new homes.

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