Article: Spruce Point Capital Management Releases Report and Strong Sell Research Opinion on Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA)

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Spruce Point Capital Management Releases Report and Strong Sell Research Opinion on Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA)

Spruce Point Capital Management, 29 September 2020

According to the complaint, throughout the Class Period, Defendants misrepresented and concealed that (1) ACM Research’s revenues and profits were diverted to undisclosed related parties, and (2) consequently, the company materially overstated its revenues and profits.

Investors allegedly began to learn the truth on Oct. 8, 2020, when J Capital Research published a report entitled “Dirty business,” bringing ACM Research’s reported financials into serious question.
More specifically, J Capital concludes ACM Research is a fraud, over-reporting both revenue and profit. According to the report, “ACMR reports industry-beating gross margins of 47%” but “[w]e believe the real gross margins are half at the best.” J Capital also concludes revenues are overstated by 15-20%, undisclosed related parties are diverting revenue and profit from the company, the key means by which ACMR tunnels over-reported profit out of the company may be through about $20 million in overstated inventory and through cash that is inflated or compromised, and warranty and service costs are understated by at least $11 million.
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Article: The Hidden Past At Enron Of Sunnova’s CEO, And Insights Into The Company’s Aggressive Current Financial Reporting And Accounting

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The Hidden Past At Enron Of Sunnova’s CEO, And Insights Into The Company’s Aggressive Current Financial Reporting And Accounting

Ben Axler, 29 September 2020

Spruce Point Capital Management Releases Report and Strong Sell Research Opinion on Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA). Believes Evidence Clearly Shows that Sunnova’s Senior Management has Obfuscated Ties to Past Failures and Fraud in SEC Filings, Including CEO William Berger’s Tenure at Enron. Contends Sunnova is Being Promoted As A Hot Play On Solar Energy, but In Reality Is A Specialty Finance Business Without Meaningfully Differentiated Offerings

Shows that Sunnova is Overleveraged and Dependent on Aggressive Financial Presentation, Accounting and Non-GAAP Metrics Overly Flattering Its Performance. Underscores that a Former Sunnova Executive and Industry Experts Agree that the Company Has an Undifferentiated and Misunderstood Business Model.

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