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Sunworks (SUNW) Declines 32% Following Q2 Earnings Miss

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Sunworks, Inc.’s share price witnessed a 32.3% fall after the release of its second-quarter 2020 results. The price drop resulted from the company incurring adjusted losses of 9 cents per share in second-quarter 2020, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 5 cents. The company incurred a loss of 2 cents in the year-ago quarter.

Revenues

In the second quarter, the company generated revenues of $9.67 million that missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12 million by 19.4%. The top line also plunged 48.2% from the prior-year quarter’s figure.

In the second quarter, revenues were negatively impacted by reduced installation activity in the ACI and residential markets due to challenges caused by COVID-19.

Operational Results

As of Jun 30, 2020, the company has a project backlog of $36.1 million compared to $41.8 million as of Mar 31, 2020.

Gross margin for the second quarter of 2020 was 17.1% compared with 19.5% for the second quarter of 2019.

Further, total operating expenses in the quarter declined 14.3% year over year to $3 million. The company’s operating expenses were at its lowest level since 2015.

The company’s interest expenses reduced to $0.14 million from $0.23 million in the year-ago quarter.

Financial Position

Sunworks had cash and cash equivalents of $7.83 million as of Jun 30, 2020, compared with $3.15 million as of Dec 31, 2019.

As of Jun 30, 2020, the company had long-term liabilities of $3.66 million compared with $4.57 million as of Dec 31, 2019.

Sunworks, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Sunworks, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Sunworks, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Sunworks, Inc. Quote

Zacks Rank

Sunworks currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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