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Solar is worth being heavily long through Enphase Energy and T1 Energy as it takes a larger share of US power. Per a quoted post, solar generated more US electricity than coal for the first time in May, 12.8% versus 12.2%, and solar plus storage made up 91% of new US power capacity added in Q1. x.comÂ
Enphase Energy and T1 Energy are favorite solar names heading into midterms that Republicans are likely to lose, especially if Trump cannot bring gas prices down. Many solar companies now have data center deals and a larger commercial pipeline. Solar stocks went parabolic in 2020-2021 on low interest rates, a Democratic administration and hot residential demand. x.com x.comÂ
Enphase, SolarEdge and Fluence are being sold while their order books grow. Power consumption is expected to rise 65% in a year, yet these energy stocks fell 10% or more in a day; the market just does not see the demand yet. x.comÂ
SolarEdge and Enphase are both best positioned for solid-state transformers, and both are mid-term accumulation candidates, with no preference yet between them. Per a post the author replies to, Enphase uses Infineon's GaN bidirectional switches for its SST. Their charts suggest the monster move can continue. x.com x.comÂ
Enphase's US home-solar demand still has not stabilized, delaying its potential home-power recovery to 2027. Q4 revenue guidance of $225-255M is about 20% below the Street at the midpoint, and guided gross margin falls to 40-43% from 45%. Higher electricity costs from AI demand could eventually favor homes generating and storing power; its IQ Battery 5G stores about 50% more energy and costs about 40% less to make. The next two quarters look tough. x.com x.comÂ
Solar equities stand to benefit as solar generation accelerates rapidly across Texas's ERCOT grid, becoming one of the state's fastest-growing electricity sources. The largest beneficiaries span the sector: NextPower's utility-scale trackers, First Solar's US-made thin-film modules, T1 Energy's domestic modules, Enphase's microinverters and storage, SolarEdge's inverters, Sunrun's residential solar, and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's clean-energy financing. x.comÂ
T1 Energy holds a named, near-term catalyst the market has not yet priced: financing for its G2 project is committed for Q2 2026, within six weeks. It is one of the only publicly traded US solar manufacturers operating at scale. It is a 1.1% position in Leopold Aschenbrenner's 13F; there, the large positions look priced for confirmation and were trimmed, while small positions with concrete pending events are where remaining asymmetry is more likely to sit. x.comÂ
Enphase is still a business in contraction: Q2's sequential improvement came almost entirely from safe-harbor shipments booked ahead of tax-credit deadlines, not returning end demand. Those deals pull volume forward, and a tariff refund after the Supreme Court voided IEEPA tariffs flattered GAAP results one time. US revenue, the large majority, is still shrinking. The IQ Solid-State Transformer is an interesting second act, but one clean demand-driven quarter is needed first. x.comÂ
The Iran war will restart the energy-independence narrative, so demand for SolarEdge and Enphase is bound to grow and start a new cycle. Conviction is high, betting big on the hope that the uptrend is only just starting. x.com x.comÂ
T1 Energy's Q2 results answered a short report that had questioned its Q1 cell sourcing. Revenue of $250M beat estimates by $47M, adjusted EBITDA turned positive, and G1 Dallas production was guided to the high end of 3.1-4.2 GW. Clearway signed a 641 MW offtake using domestic cells from the G2 Austin plant that starts up in Q1 2027, and Section 232 polysilicon tariffs take effect in December. It remains the most speculative name on the list, 63% off its high. x.comÂ
Enphase looks expensive against its earnings, at 35x trailing and 16x next year's versus about 8x for solar companies. Applying 8x to next year's $2.27 EPS gives fair value of roughly $16.50-$21, and the stock trades 69% above the top of that range. The valuation leans on forecasts, with forward earnings 125% above trailing. This is a levels-only read from reported earnings and estimates, without fundamental work. x.comÂ
T1 Energy is building toward US solar cell production with its G2 plant in Texas. The $425M first phase is underway, the full $850M project should create about 1,800 jobs, and G2 should be producing solar cells by year-end. Tesla scaling its own solar production with SpaceX is not a competitive worry: it reflects a broader trend toward localized manufacturing and confirms the solar market will be big enough for other players. It is a long-term hold with its own risks. x.com x.com x.comÂ
