{"id":786250,"date":"2026-07-07T14:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786250\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:56:16","slug":"buy-the-dip-on-this-struggling-solar-stock-says-deutsche-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786250\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy the dip on this struggling solar stock, says Deutsche Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It would be wise for investors to add First Solar to their portfolios before the stock rises on a potential U.S. trade policy shift, according to Deutsche Bank. The bank upgraded the solar name to buy from hold. It also hiked its price target to $272 from $245, implying nearly 17% upside from Monday&#8217;s close. &#8220;The recent sharp stock pullback &#8230; creates an opportunity for investors to enter the name (i) ahead of a stronger 2H, weighted at ~62%, (ii) normalized 2027 business year, and (iii) S232 policy clarifications expected in the coming weeks,&#8221; analyst Corinne Blanchard said Monday in a note to clients. Shares of First Solar have shed 24% since June 1 as investors await the outcome of the U.S.&#8217; investigation into imports of polysilicon, a critical material used in solar panels, semiconductors and other technologies. FSLR mountain 2026-06-01 FSLR since June 1 However, the U.S. could widen access to polysilicon imports following its investigation, which would allow First Solar to scale and give shares a boost, according to Deutsche Bank. &#8220;We are awaiting clarifications on S232 polysilicon investigation [which] is expected to be a tailwind for First Solar,&#8221; Blanchard wrote. The analyst added that the U.S. should give its decision on the matter in August. The market expects the U.S. will impose a fixed tariff per watt rather than limiting imports of solar panel materials through quotas, she added. Deutsche Bank&#8217;s call falls in line with consensus on the Street. Of the 42 analysts covering First Solar, 25 have a buy or strong buy on the stock, LSEG data shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It would be wise for investors to add First Solar to their portfolios before the stock rises on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,161,49,48,295,196879,1385,3097,772],"class_list":["post-786250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-first-solar-inc","tag-investment-strategy","tag-stock-markets","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}