JinkoSolar (JKS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of photovoltaic products. The company offers solar modules, silicon wafers, solar cells, recovered silicon materials, and silicon ingots. It also provides solar system integration services; solar power generation and solar system EPC services; and energy storage system, as well as undertakes solar power projects. The company sells its products to distributors, project developers, system integrators, and manufacturers of solar power products under the JinkoSolar brand. As of December 31, 2023, it had an integrated annual capacity of 85 gigawatts (GW) for mono wafers; 90 GW for solar cells; and 110 GW for solar modules. It operates in China, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan, Vietnam, Egypt, Spain, Germany, and internationally. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Shangrao, the People's Republic of China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $16.67 to $18.18
• 50-Day Range: $13.93 to $23.83
• 52-Week Range: $13.42 to $37.36
• Volume: 1.25 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $936.06 million
• P/E Ratio: 29.85
• Dividend Yield: 8.40%
• Price Target: $27.19
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

JinkoSolar Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

JinkoSolar scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 158th out of 271 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

JinkoSolar has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.67, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

JinkoSolar has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for JinkoSolar are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.24) to $2.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of JinkoSolar is 29.85, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.68.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of JinkoSolar is 29.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 48.81.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

JinkoSolar has a P/B Ratio of 0.19. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.14% of the float of JinkoSolar has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

JinkoSolar has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in JinkoSolar has recently increased by 15.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

JinkoSolar is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 9.05%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

JinkoSolar does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, JinkoSolar will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.16% next year. This indicates that JinkoSolar will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.14% of the float of JinkoSolar has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

JinkoSolar has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in JinkoSolar has recently increased by 15.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

JinkoSolar has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for JinkoSolar this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for JKS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, JinkoSolar insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.80% of the stock of JinkoSolar is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 35.82% of the stock of JinkoSolar is held by institutions.

JKS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have JKS shares performed this year?

JinkoSolar's stock was trading at $24.90 at the beginning of the year. Since then, JKS shares have decreased by 29.3% and is now trading at $17.61.
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How were JinkoSolar's earnings last quarter?

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 26th. The semiconductor company reported ($1.01) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.46) by $0.55. The business's quarterly revenue was down 37.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Does JinkoSolar have any subsidiaries?

JinkoSolar subsidiaries include these companies: Canton Best Limited, Jiangxi Photovoltaic Materials Co. Ltd., Jinko PV Material Supply Sdn. Bhd., Jinko Solar (Anhui) Co. Ltd., Jinko Solar Australia Holdings Co. Pty Ltd., Jinko Solar Canada Co. Ltd., JinkoSolar (Chuxiong) Co. Ltd., and more.

Who are JinkoSolar's major shareholders?

JinkoSolar's top institutional investors include SG Americas Securities LLC (0.12%) and IMC Chicago LLC.

How do I buy shares of JinkoSolar?

Shares of JKS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of JinkoSolar own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that JinkoSolar investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), PayPal (PYPL) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/26/2025
• Today: 4/26/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Semiconductors & related devices
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:JKS
• CIK: 1481513
• Web: www.jinkosolar.com
• Phone: 867938588188
• Fax: 86-79-3846-1152
• Employees: 31,000
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $27.19
• High Stock Price Target: $65.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $10.95
• Potential Upside/Downside: +54.4%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.67
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.75)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.85
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $485.56 million
• Net Margins: 0.53%
• Pretax Margin: 2.05%
• Return on Equity: 4.18%
• Return on Assets: 1.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.81
• Current Ratio: 1.22
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $92.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.01
• Cash Flow: $24.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.71
• Book Value: $91.58 per share
• Price / Book: 0.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 53,155,000
• Free Float: 42,630,000
• Market Cap: $936.06 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.17