SolarEdge Technologies SEDG has been taking significant steps to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The company continues to benefit from its optimized inverter solutions, which address a broad range of solar market segments, from residential solar installations to commercial and small utility-scale solar installations.
This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company faces risks related to policy-driven demand swings.
Factors Acting in Favor of SEDG
SolarEdge Technologies’ optimized inverter architecture spans residential, commercial and small utility PV and pairs naturally with batteries and software services across markets. In the first quarter of 2026, the company recognized revenues on roughly 50.5 thousand inverters, 2.4 million optimizers and 331 MWh of batteries for PV applications, supporting revenue growth from the prior year.
SEDG continues to optimize its U.S. manufacturing footprint to align with incentives that favor domestic content, including residential inverters in Texas, optimizers and commercial inverters in Florida, and batteries in Utah. Management views its ability to offer products that are designed to comply with domestic content requirements and FEOC regulations as a structural advantage in the U.S. commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop market, supporting deeper penetration into enterprise accounts that typically provide more stable demand and better project visibility.
These initiatives can also open opportunities for incremental sales when installers add a battery or EV charger to a safe harbor project, while helping the company optimize production over time. To support this strategy, management expects capital expenditures of $60-$80 million in 2026, primarily for expanding U.S. solar PV and battery manufacturing capacity and investing in new platforms, while targeting near-breakeven operating results in the second quarter of 2026.
Challenges Faced by SEDG
The U.S. residential market started 2026 slowly as customers faced changes in tax credit policies and uncertainty related to FEOC, which management said has decelerated tax equity funding for third-party ownership players and strained installer businesses and cash flows. The recent pull-in ahead of the end-2025 Section 25D timeline and ongoing debate around commercial credit terms can also shift demand between quarters, complicating channel inventory planning for customers.
Even if longer-term policy evolution shifts demand toward the 48E credit and higher battery attach rates, the transition period can create uneven ordering patterns and higher sensitivity to installer financing conditions and project pipelines.
SEDG’s Share Price Performance
In the past three months, shares of the company have risen 19.8% compared with the industry’s 14.4% growth.
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