SolarCity bullish despite lacklustre sales

SolarCity deployed 157MW of new PV in 2012

SolarCity executives downplayed near-term headwinds that sent shares down sharply in after-hours trading, after the company reported poorer-than-expected revenues in its first earnings report since its December initial public offering (IPO).

SolarCity pocketed revenues of $25.3m in the final quarter of 2012, compared to $20.7m for the same period the year prior.

For the whole of 2012, it swallowed a $64.2m loss attributable to stockholders.

Chief operating officer Peter Rive also acknowledged that the US budget “sequester” will have a short-term impact on SolarCity’s business, with cuts to the Treasury’s 1603 cash grant programme affecting the equivalent of 25MW in its pipeline.

SolarCity shares fell more than 7% in after-hours trading to $17.89, though they remain up more than 63% since the IPO.

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