| Factor | Score | Distribution | Value | Avg | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valuation | 51 | 19.8x | 17.3x | Around median | |
Growth | 79 | 17.0% | 7.1% | Top tier | |
Quality | 77 | 25.7% | 4.5% | Top tier | |
Safety | 80 | — | 2.6x | Top tier | |
Capital Return | 40 | 0.00% | 0.06% | Bottom tier | |
Momentum | 26 | -8.7% | -1.6% | Bottom tier | |
Sentiment | 62 | 13 | 3 | Around median |
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Nextpower Inc., listed under ticker NXT on NASDAQ, sells solar panel tracking systems for utility-scale power plants and is expanding into eBOS electrical connections, foundations, control software, power conversion, and storage. Its products provide value to customers by improving electricity generation, reducing installation costs, and improving plant reliability, while increasing the number of products it can sell into the same project. On the 2026-07-30 call, the company announced the completion of the Prevalon acquisition to launch Nextpower Energy Storage and the completion of the Apex inverter business acquisition, while the acquisition of Zimmermann PV-Steel Group remained pending.
Revenue in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2027 (ending 2026-07) was approximately 935.2 million dollars, up 8.2% year over year, with net income of 165.4 million dollars and diluted earnings per share of 1.07 dollars. Gross margin was 35.9%, compared with 32.6% in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2026 (ending 2025-06), while operating margin declined to 20.4% from 21.5%. The company generated operating cash flow of 121.1 million dollars; performance therefore combines sales growth and improved gross profitability with pressure on operating margin as the platform expands.
The United States accounted for approximately 83% of revenue in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2027 (ending 2026-07), compared with 17% for the rest of the world, and non-tracker products contributed approximately 14% of revenue, with tracking systems remaining the dominant business. At the end of the period, cash and investments totaled 2.1 billion dollars, against total debt of 0 dollars. Free cash flow reached 548.7 million dollars over the last 12 months through 2026-07-03, providing a tangible funding foundation for expansion into storage and inverters.
Q1 FY2027 (2026-07)
When: 2026-10-28
Quarterly revenue at the 935.2 million dollar level
Gross margin at the 35.9% level
The indicative value from analyst targets is 145 dollars at the median, within a range of 110 dollars to 179 dollars and with low confidence because it relies on 4 analysts; it reflects growth expectations and is inherently inclined toward optimism. The discounted cash flow model estimates value at 86 dollars, within a range of 75 dollars to 100 dollars and at a discount rate of 13.9%, measuring expected cash generation, and is inherently conservative. The value using the industry multiple is 48 dollars, within a range of 31 dollars to 86 dollars, based on next year's earnings and a median multiple of 9.6 across 11 companies, while the no-growth value is 35 dollars, measuring current after-tax operating profit if it remains constant forever at a discount rate of 13.9%. The central values agree that continued growth adds value above the scenario in which growth stops, but differ clearly in its magnitude: analyst targets give greater weight to expectations, the industry multiple prices earnings like those of peers, and the cash flow model focuses on cash, with its range and the industry multiple range overlapping between 75 dollars and 86 dollars. In the data for the period ending 2026-07-03, EL7's valuation dimension, which measures the attractiveness of multiples relative to peers, stood at 24 out of 100 within the industry and ranked 17 out of 22.
Figures in the text are as of 2026-10-09; the live price is shown at the top of the page.
Tracking systems remained the dominant business in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2027 (ending 2026-07), while non-tracker products represented approximately 14% of revenue. On the 2026-07-30 call, the company announced the completion of the Prevalon acquisition to launch Nextpower Energy Storage and the completion of the Apex inverter business acquisition. Storage adds more than 300 million dollars in backlog, while inverter deliveries were set to begin in early 2027, so the transition expands the product base without eliminating the company's reliance on trackers.
Gross margin was 35.9% in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2027 (ending 2026-07), compared with 32.6% in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2026 (ending 2025-06). On the 2026-07-30 call, management linked the improvement to IEEPA tariff refunds, an increased contribution from the United States, and strong TrueCapture revenue, with offsetting pressure from freight and logistics. Management maintained its gross margin framework in the low thirties, while operating margin was 20.4%, so the reported gross margin does not represent a commitment to a fixed level for subsequent periods.
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Last 12 months to 2026-07-03
Non-tracker product contribution at the 14% of revenue level
Cash and investments totaled 2.1 billion dollars and total debt was 0 dollars in quarter 1 of fiscal year 2027 (ending 2026-07). Over the last 12 months through 2026-07-03, operating cash flow totaled 602.6 million dollars, equivalent to 101% of net income of 594.1 million dollars, and free cash flow totaled 548.7 million dollars. These figures provide funding capacity for expansion, but management explained on 2026-07-30 that some costs of the new businesses precede revenue and included approximately 50 million dollars of planned investment in growth initiatives within fiscal year 2027 guidance.
The median analyst target is 145 dollars, an indicative estimate with low confidence based on 4 analysts. The discounted cash flow estimate is 86 dollars, compared with 48 dollars using the industry multiple and 35 dollars in the no-growth scenario. The divergence reflects differences in what the methods measure: analysts' growth expectations, future cash in the discounted model, pricing like peers at a multiple of 9.6, and the continuation of current after-tax operating profit in the no-growth scenario.
Over 90 days through 2026-10-09, 5 insiders executed 9 open-market sales worth 10.0 million dollars. Sales under prearranged 10b5-1 trading plans totaled approximately 8.5 million dollars, compared with 1.5 million dollars outside those plans. No purchases were recorded, and sales by the largest seller, an executive officer, totaled 7.0 million dollars.