Gamesa is getting a lot right, but it just can’t seem to win

The big falls in Vestas’ share price this year have shown what happens to wind turbine companies when they get things wrong with the guidance they issue. But it seems that getting things right does not guarantee you better treatment in today’s market.

Take Gamesa. It announced solid though unspectacular results, meeting all its guidance estimates and increasing sales by 16.5% to 2.8GW. And, unlike other turbine manufacturers that have reported recently, it showed a profit.

Given the murky perspectives for the year ahead, Gamesa reduced its guidance for 2012 to 2.8-3.2GW from its previous estimate of 3-3.5GW. This still allows for considerable upside compared with last year’s sales if conditions are favourable, and avoids any nasty surprises à la Vestas if they are not.

But if chief executive Jorge Calvet thought the market would reward…

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