** Brokerage Mizuho Securities cuts price target $(PT)$ on several solar companies as it expects residential solar additions to be down in Q1
** Says slowdown in 2024 is driven by slower-than-expected demand recovery due to higher financing costs
** Slower California recovery (in demand) in 1H24 is pointing to a Q2 trough in solar installs vs prior expectations of a Q1 trough; this impacts residential solar developers more as it slows project construction velocity - Mizuho
** Following PT changes were made by the brokerage:
Company New PT Old PT Rating
Enphase $148 $150 Buy
First Solar $196 - Buy
Sunnova $17 $21 Buy
SunPower $4 $5 Neutral
Sunrun $23 $28 Buy
Maxeon $4 - Neutral
Nextracker $59 $64 Buy
SolarEdge $104 $106 Buy
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))
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