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Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.

$SHLS·$1.7B·Solar·Energy
$11.50+6.9%YTD+32.6%1Y+97.3%
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SHSHLS
$SHLSShoals Technologies Group, Inc.
$11.50+6.88%944 posts+34%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $SHLS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Solar-BOS beneficiary of the Trump-admin plan to ban Chinese energy inverters — Aug 4 print has to convert policy tailwind into visible orders.

Shoals Technologies makes the Electrical Balance of System components — cable assemblies, combiners, disconnects — that connect solar panels to inverters and grids. It's a boring picks-and-shovels solar name that just caught a specific policy tailwind.

What's actually happening:

  • Revenue is accelerating hard: Q1 revenue grew 75% year-over-year to $141M — up from 12% growth two quarters ago, meaning the utility-scale solar backlog is finally translating into shipped product.
  • The policy setup is directly favorable: the reported Trump admin plan to ban Chinese energy inverters is a real Sept quarter tailwind — it forces US utility-scale solar developers back to domestic-content vendors, and Shoals is one of the pure-play beneficiaries.
  • The insider signal is mixed but small: officer King sold $104K in mid-June alongside RSU withholding — small relative to holdings and coming after a big move, meaning routine liquidity rather than a directional call.

Aug 4 earnings decides direction: another 50%+ revenue quarter combined with any dollar-figure on domestic-content contract wins would push shares back toward the recent $14 high, while a soft print combined with any customer-timing slippage would let the recent 12% pullback from the 50-day extend and undo the year-to-date breakout.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree with the bullish framing — the Trump admin Chinese-inverter ban theme, the SHLS-as-sleeper-after-ENPH-and-SEDG framing, and the unusual call activity into 7/17 12-strikes are all consistent with the fundamentals and the setup. The verdict backs the tape while naming Aug 4 as the specific gate.

What to watch: Aug 4 earnings: revenue growth vs 50% base, backlog contribution, and any dollar figures on domestic-content wins post-Chinese-inverter policy. A customer-timing slippage undoes the breakout.

On the calendar: 2026-08-04 — Q2 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment7 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-07

Shoals Technologies is 'the sleeper after ENPH and SEDG' following the Trump admin's reported plan to ban Chinese energy inverters. Bulls target 10-20% today. $628K big call slapper today. SHLS 12C for 7/17 flagged as unusual whale activity. Bulls note solar sector rotation with core position adds during the June portfolio pullback and dip buying.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Electrical balance-of-system components (cable assemblies, combiners) for utility-scale solar energy projects.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Solar sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SHLS.

Solar · Energy

No material change from last week — structural AI data center clean-power demand pull and IRA domestic manufacturing credits are unchanged; utility-scale developers with contracted revenue are insulated from near-term sentiment noise.

What this means for $SHLS

Partial — Electrical balance-of-system components (cable assemblies, combiners) for utility-scale solar energy projects; exposure exists but is diluted by diverse end markets and revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$TANInvesco Solar ETF
+10.8%YTD
+45.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
54.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
5.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
11.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-4.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
5.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
33.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.07$0.06+16.7%
Q4 2025Feb 24, 2026$0.10$0.14-28.6%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.12$0.13-4.2%
Q2 2025Aug 5, 2025$0.10$0.08+25.0%
Next earningsTue, Aug 4·consensus EPS $0.10

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$140.6M+74.9%29.2%5.5%$-0.00$-49.1M
Q4 FY25$148.3M+38.6%31.6%11.7%$0.05$-11.3M
Q3 FY25$135.8M+32.9%37.0%13.7%$0.07$9.0M
Q2 FY25$110.8M+11.7%37.2%14.4%$0.08$-26.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$624.7M$616.3M – $638.6M$0.41$0.33 – $0.5113
FY27$682.5M$656.5M – $735.7M$0.52$0.38 – $0.6514
FY28$758.0M$756.3M – $759.7M$0.60$0.41 – $0.7114
FY29$830.3M$785.7M – $875.4M$0.70$0.65 – $0.759
FY30$781.7M$739.7M – $824.2M$0.60$0.56 – $0.6513

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.81%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+13.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+30.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 166.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.905-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 16King Bobbie Lee JrChief Legal Officer10.0K sh$104KSellMay 8Dominic BardosCFO54.4K sh$462K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-K/AMaterial agreement (amended)Jun 128-K/A — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Shoals Technologies filed this 8-K/A solely to correct a scrivener's error in the exhibit attached to Amendment No. 7 of its Credit Agreement (originally filed June 12, 2026) and to attach a corrected, readable version of the exhibit. The substantive terms of the amendment — $50 million in new 18-month incremental revolving loans and replacement of the first lien secured leverage ratio covenant with a consolidated total leverage ratio of 4.00:1.00 — are unchanged. No material terms of the underlying credit agreement were altered by this corrective filing.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 128-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Shoals Technologies (SHLS) and its subsidiaries entered Amendment No. 7 to their credit agreement on June 10, 2026 with JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent, adding $50 million in new incremental revolving loans with an 18-month maturity. The amendment also replaced the first lien secured leverage ratio covenant with a consolidated total leverage ratio of 4.00:1.00, with temporary step-up provisions permitted for material acquisitions. This incremental revolver adds liquidity headroom and the covenant relaxation gives Shoals greater financial flexibility, which matters given near-term macro uncertainty in the solar and utility sectors.

8-KShareholder voteMay 18-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (SHLS) disclosed the results of its annual meeting of shareholders in an 8-K filing under Item 5.07. Shareholders voted on an advisory say-on-pay resolution, ratification of the independent auditor. All management-sponsored proposals were approved by majority shareholder vote. Annual meeting results are a routine disclosure that confirms shareholder ratification of the board's composition and compensation practices.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 103
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of SHLS securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at SHLS.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 103
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of SHLS securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at SHLS.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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