American Superconductor Corporation Stock Downgraded (AMSC)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:AMSC) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Electrical Equipment industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 510.9% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $9.17 million to -$37.68 million.
• Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Electrical Equipment industry and the overall market, AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$57.77 million or 212.64% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
• Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 84.79%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 470.00% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Turning toward the future, the fact that the stock has come down in price over the past year should not necessarily be interpreted as a negative; it could be one of the factors that may help make the stock attractive down the road. Right now, however, we believe that it is too soon to buy.
• AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CP has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. The company has reported a trend of declining earnings per share over the past two years. However, the consensus estimate suggests that this trend should reverse in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CP swung to a loss, reporting -$3.68 versus $0.36 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings (-$1.42 versus -$3.68).

American Superconductor Corporation, a power technologies company, provides wind turbine designs and electrical control systems primarily in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. American Superconductor has a market cap of $257.6 million and is part of the technology sector and electronics industry. Shares are down 83.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

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