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Sunrun Inc. RUN

Market cap $1.9BP/E 4.5× trailingGross margin 34.5%Reports Thu 5 Nov, after the close
$7.98
+0.20 (+2.53%)live 11:25 ET
52-wk $7.75 – $22.44
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Orin's take
0.62conviction · moderate
Refreshed 21 Aug · take v3. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

Sunrun's FY2025 turnaround is real on paper — revenue grew 45% to $2.96B, gross margin expanded to 26.8%, and net income swung to $450M positive from a $2.85B loss — but the company still generated negative operating cash flow of -$421M and carries $14.9B in total debt against just $3.1B in equity as of the year ended 2025-12-31. Q2 2026 earnings beat consensus at $0.42 vs $0.08, yet management cut full-year guidance and Goldman Sachs reduced its price target from $18 to $15, sending shares to $9.80 as of 2026-08-19, below both the 50-day ($11.57) and 200-day ($15.12) moving averages.

With insiders persistently selling — the CEO, CFO, CRO, and other officers all disposed of shares in July 2026 — and smart money conviction near zero (SM score 0.0053 as of 2026-06-30), the fundamental recovery remains unproven on a cash basis despite the deeply discounted 5.7x P/E versus ENPH's 38.6x.

What could go wrong

  • Debt overhang. Total debt of $14.9B against stockholders' equity of $3.1B as of FY2025 creates refinancing and solvency risk if cash generation stalls.
  • Persistent insider selling. Over the trailing 24 months insiders net sold $34.6M in shares, with the CEO, CFO, CRO, and other officers all disposing in July 2026 at roughly $13 per share.
  • Negative cash flow. FY2025 operating cash flow was -$421M and free cash flow was -$423M despite the net income swing to positive, indicating the earnings recovery has not translated to cash.
  • Guidance cut signals demand pressure. Management cut full-year 2026 guidance despite a Q2 earnings beat, and Goldman Sachs lowered its price target from $18 to $15.

What would change my mind

Positive operating cash flow. Sunrun reports positive quarterly operating cash flow, demonstrating the net income turnaround is converting to cashbullish
AI/hyperscaler revenue scaling. The Voltus partnership and other grid-capacity agreements begin contributing material revenue in upcoming quarterly reportsbullish
Debt restructuring or covenant breach. Sunrun announces distressed debt exchange, covenant amendment, or faces a credit-rating downgrade to distressed levelsbearish
Insider buying reversal. Insiders begin open-market purchases after sustained selling, signaling confidence in the turnaroundbullish

Where this comes from: FMP annual fundamentals + derived_metrics, fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 · FMP annual fundamentals, fiscal years ended 2025-12-31 and 2024-12-31 · FMP annual fundamentals, fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 · Zacks via news, published 2026-08-05. Orin's read on RUN; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-24 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Goldman Sachs Group$256.7M0.0% of fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$183.0M0.0% of fund
State Street$140.3M0.0% of fund
Vanguard Capital Management$138.1M0.0% of fund
D. E. Shaw &$136.8M0.1% of fund
Invesco$135.9M0.0% of fund

67 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 225 Form 4 filings, net −$32.2M. Of the 50 on hand, 1 was an open-market purchase and 30 sales— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

· Technology
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E4.5×—53.3×
EV/EBITDA23.0×——
P/S0.53×——
P/B0.5×——

What Wall Street published

37 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$17

$13 – $20 · +110% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 23 buy or overweight
  • 13 hold
  • 1 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 32.2× of 1 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
RUNSunrun Inc.$2B4.5×23.0×34.5%2.3%2%
ENPHEnphase Energy, Inc.$4B32.2×24.9×46.9%10.1%12%

The median is of the 1 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 85.9% below it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY16 7.3×FY25 9.4×

What its sector has traded at

Technology
FY14 9.0×FY26 48.0×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Every estimate on one scale

price $7.98
52-week range$8 – $22
Analyst targets$13 – $20
At sector P/E (53×)$91

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.