What Happened?
Shares of energy and renewable energy projects company Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) jumped 39.4% in the morning session after the company reported strong second-quarter financial results that significantly surpassed analyst expectations. The clean energy company posted second-quarter revenue of $472.3 million, an 8% jump from the year-ago period. More impressively, its non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.27 crushed Wall Street's expectations by 350%. Company officials credited the strong results to growth in its European business and its Energy Asset division. Investors also cheered the firm's record total project backlog, which increased to $5.1 billion, a strong indicator of future revenue. The positive report prompted at least one analyst to raise their price target for the stock.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
Ameresco’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 58 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Ameresco and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 5 months ago when the stock dropped 32.9% on the news that the company reported weak fourth quarter results: its full-year EBITDA and revenue guidance fell short of Wall Street's estimates. On the other hand, Ameresco blew past analysts' EBITDA and its EPS outperformed Wall Street's estimates. Still, this was a weaker quarter.
Ameresco is down 5.9% since the beginning of the year, and at $23.65 per share, it is trading 39% below its 52-week high of $38.78 from September 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Ameresco’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $788.20.
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