| DIRECT COMPETITOR COMPARISON | |
| CSUN | FSLR | Pvt1 | STP | Industry | | Market Cap: | 179.08M | 10.30B | N/A | 2.65B | 392.46M | | Employees: | N/A | 3,524 | N/A | 9,070 | 852 | | Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): | -32.70% | 37.90% | N/A | -20.40% | 16.90% | | Revenue (ttm): | 230.44M | 1.86B | 1.76B1 | 1.52B | 208.43M | | Gross Margin (ttm): | -3.51% | 54.47% | N/A | 13.28% | 37.35% | | EBITDA (ttm): | N/A | 813.29M | N/A | 100.61M | 9.43M | | Oper Margins (ttm): | -15.00% | 37.76% | N/A | 2.83% | 1.84% | | Net Income (ttm): | -32.60M | 631.29M | 264.00M1 | -47.17M | N/A | | EPS (ttm): | -0.818 | 7.502 | N/A | -0.281 | -0.24 | | P/E (ttm): | N/A | 16.13 | N/A | N/A | 47.86 | | PEG (5 yr expected): | N/A | 0.45 | N/A | 1.92 | 1.81 | | P/S (ttm): | 0.78 | 5.46 | N/A | 1.72 | 2.01 |
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| FSLR = First Solar, Inc. | | Pvt1 = Q-Cells SE | | STP = Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. | | Industry = Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits | | 1 = As of 2008 |
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| Company | Symbol | Price | Change | Market Cap | P/E | | Intel Corporation | INTC | 19.34 | -0.26% | 106.80B | 46.94 | | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Private - View Profile | | Renesas Technology Corp. | Private - View Profile | | Texas Instruments Inc. | TXN | 25.42 | 0.55% | 31.85B | 35.11 | | TOSBF.PK | 5.05 | 0.80% | N/A | N/A | | STMicroelectronics NV | STM | 8.40 | 0.24% | 7.38B | N/A | | IFNNF.PK | 4.58 | 0.00% | N/A | N/A | | NEC Corp. | NIPNF.PK | 2.40 | 3.45% | N/A | N/A | | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Private - View Profile | | NXP B.V. | Private - View Profile |
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| CHIP EQUIPMENT MAKERS RANKED BY SALES | |
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| Company | Symbol | Price | Change | Market Cap | P/E | | Applied Materials Inc. | AMAT | 12.43 | 0.65% | 16.63B | N/A | | Tokyo Electron Limited | Private - View Profile | | ASML Holding NV | ASML | 31.55 | 1.54% | N/A | N/A | | Nikon Corporation | Private - View Profile | | KLA-Tencor Corporation | KLAC | 32.57 | 0.93% | 5.57B | N/A | | Canon Inc. | CAJ | 38.33 | 1.83% | 47.31B | 51.11 | | Advantest Corp. | ATE | 22.88 | 0.62% | 4.09B | N/A | | Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | Private - View Profile | | Novellus Systems, Inc. | NVLS | 21.06 | 0.48% | 2.04B | N/A | | Hitachi Ltd. | HIT | 27.13 | -2.55% | 9.02B | N/A |
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