SPI Energy is a provider of photovoltaic (PV) solutions for business, residential, government and utility customers and investors. Co. develops solar PV projects that are either sold to third party operators or owned and operated by Co. for selling of electricity to the grid in several countries in Asia, North America and Europe. Co.'s solar projects include: projects in operation, which refers to projects connected to the grid and selling electricity; projects under construction, which refers to projects at the construction stage; and projects in pipeline, which refers to projects that Co. has entered into definitive agreements to develop with a third party, and to acquire. The SPI YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the SPI YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether SPI YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the SPI YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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