On Friday, Sunrun  shares were upgraded to overweight from neutral at Piper Sandler. 

Piper Sandler set a $77 price target on the solar energy company’s shares, implying a 63% potential upside from the Thursday closing price.  Piper cited "strong growth story associated with residential solar" and the company's management team as key strengths.

Also, RBC analyst Elvira Scotto recently mentioned that Sunrun has roughly 25% of the total residential rooftop market, and its size, scale and brand bolster its ability to garner customers and secure better financing.RBC has an outperform rating and $81 price target on Sunrun shares.

Last month, Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Lee boosted rating on the company’s shares to buy from neutral.

Shares of solar energy companies Enphase Energy and SolarEdge got rating upgrades from analysts at Susquehanna. Susquehanna analysts boosted their rating on the shares to positive from neutral. Analyst Biju Perincheril said he expects U.S. solar capacity to increase by about 25 gigawatts over the next five years, an upward revision of 1 gigawatt from his January forecast, according to...

While the gains have been impressive, the rallies could be coming to an end or seeing a pause at the very least. Three companies in particular jumped out at me because all three have seen pullbacks in the current week.All three have seen big gains in their stock prices since March, but Plug Power stands out among the three. Plug bottomed at a price of $2.53 in March and it recently peaked at $28.70.

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SolarEdge Technologies’ earnings edged past analysts’ expectations for the first quarter. The solar energy technology company reported adjusted earnings of 64 cents per share, which exceeded analysts' estimates of 62 cents.Revenue of $271.9 million also beat analysts’ expectations of $265.4 million. Guy Sella, founder, chairman and CEO of SolarEdge, mentioned Europe as a strong contributor to the first quarter growth.

James Sucio resigned from NextEra Energy Partners' board. Sucio served as independent director of the NextEra Energy subsidiary's audit committee since last year.Bryne had also initially served for three years on the board of the general partner of NextEra Energy Partners. Parent company NextEra Energy ranks amongst the largest energy companies in the U.S. , and has revenues of over $17 billion (as of 2017).

Pattern Energy Group (PEGI) saw its shares rise by +7% the day after it posted much improved Q3 results. The renewable power company hit a rough patch over the last couple of years, owing largely to a string of acquisitions.To stabilize its financial situation, the company had to stop its pay-out increase in 2018, after increasing its dividend for 15 straight quarters. However, a much-improved performance in the Q3, coupled with a few strategic moves during the quarter, have brought the company back on track to achieve its growth target. PEGI increased its power sales by 7% to 1,623 GW, compared to 1,514 GW in Q3 2017.