JinkoSolar (JKS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for JinkoSolar in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 5 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" JKS shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for JinkoSolar's stock. Their JKS share price targets range from $23.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $26.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price.
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JinkoSolar's stock was trading at $36.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JKS stock has decreased by 38.3% and is now trading at $22.78.
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JinkoSolar saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,030,000 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the March 15th total of 2,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 907,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2024.
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JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 20th. The semiconductor company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $1.11. The semiconductor company earned $4.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.08 billion. JinkoSolar had a net margin of 2.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.85%.

JinkoSolar announced a -- dividend on Tuesday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 24th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Wednesday, December 13th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 22nd.
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JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.43%. JKS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 18.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JKS will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.15% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) stock in their portfolio include ProShares S&P Kensho Cleantech ETF (CTEX), SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF (CNRG), Invesco Solar ETF (TAN), Global X Clean Tech ETF (CTEC), iShares MSCI China Small-Cap ETF (ECNS), Fidelity Clean Energy ETF (FRNW), Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW) and AXS Green Alpha ETF (NXTE).

JinkoSolar declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, July 6th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $0.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

14 employees have rated JinkoSolar Chief Executive Officer Kangping Chen on Glassdoor.com. Kangping Chen has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other JinkoSolar investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), First Solar (FSLR), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

JinkoSolar's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Green Alpha Advisors LLC (0.14%) and Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (0.01%).

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