| L5A Stock | | | EUR 11.05 0.05 0.45% |
Chairman
Dr. Xiaohua Qu., Ph.D., is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar Inc. He has served as our chairman, president and chief executive officer since founding our company in October 2001. Through his leadership, we became a public listed company on the Nasdaq in 2006 and have since firmly established ourselves among the top ranked manufacturers of solar PV products globally. Prior to founding Canadian Solar, Dr. Shawn Qu held various positions in product engineering, business development and strategic planning at ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc., or ATS, and its solar subsidiary Photowatt International S.A. Prior to ATS, Dr. Shawn Qu was a research scientist at Ontario Power Generation where he worked as a process leader in its solar product commercialization team. In 2011, Dr. Shawn Qu became a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, one of the most prestigious universities in China since 2001.
| Age | 59 |
| Tenure | 24 years |
| Phone | 519 837 1881 |
| Web | https://www.canadiansolar.com |
Shawn Qu has published research articles in academic journals including IEEE Quantum Electronics, Applied Physics Letter and Physical Review. He received a Ph.D. in material sciences in 1995 from the University of Toronto, focusing on semiconductor super lattice and optical effects. He also holds a MS in physics from University of Manitoba and a BS in applied physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Canadian Solar Management Efficiency
The company has return on total asset
(ROA) of
0.0234 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0234 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on equity
(ROE) of
0.1153 %, meaning that it generated $0.1153 on every $100 dollars invested by stockholders. Canadian Solar's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Canadian Solar manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Canadian Solar has accumulated 748.31
M in total debt with debt to equity ratio
(D/E) of 144.2, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. Canadian Solar has a current ratio of 0.99, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Canadian Solar until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Canadian Solar's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Canadian Solar sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Canadian to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Canadian Solar's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
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Canadian Solar Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules, and other solar power products primarily under the Canadian Solar brand name. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Guelph, Canada. CANADIAN SOLAR operates under Solar classification in Germany and is traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It employs 12442 people. Canadian Solar (L5A) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 13,535 people.
Management Performance
Canadian Solar Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the Canadian Solar's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Canadian Solar inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Canadian. The board's role is to monitor Canadian Solar's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Canadian Solar's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Canadian Solar's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Huifeng Chang, CFO, Senior Vice President | |
| CFA MSc, Managing Relations | |
| Xiaohua Qu, Chairman of the Board and Presidentident, CEO | |
| Guoqiang Xing, Senior Vice President CTO | |
| Zhang Zhang, Director Analysis | |
| Jianyi Zhang, Senior Vice President Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel | |
| Mary Ma, Senior Supervisor, Investor Relations | |
| Julie Ungerleider, Managing Group | |
| Ismael Arias, Co business | |
| Yan Zhuang, Senior Vice President Chief Commercial Officer | |
Canadian Stock Performance Indicators
The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Canadian Solar a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Canadian Solar's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Canadian Solar is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Canadian Solar's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.