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SOLARCITY CORP

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Signs2 good4 warning2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY16FY15FY14FY13FY12FY11
Revenue$730.3M$399.6M$255.0M$163.8M$126.9M$59.6M
Operating income−$650.3M−$647.8M−$335.6M−$149.4M−$91.0M−$61.3M
Net income$238.8M−$58.3M−$56.0M−$55.8M−$99.3M$43.5M
Total assets$9.13B$7.29B$4.55B$2.81B$971.6M
Total liabilities$6.86B$5.55B$3.21B$1.96B$741.4M
Equity$1.22B$878.6M$745.6M$617.6M−$48.2M$62.7M
EPS (diluted)$-0.60$-0.60$-0.70$-7.69$0.76
Shares out.97.9M091.5M91.0M74.9M14.5M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2016
Operating margin
−89.0%
Net margin
32.7%
Return on equity
19.5%
Return on assets
2.6%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−8.5%
Liabilities / assets
75.1%
Debt / equity
5.60×
Book value / share
$12.49
Revenue growth (YoY)
82.8%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2016
Altman Z″ (distress)
-0.91distress
Accruals / assets
8.2%moderate
Beneish M-Score
-0.64elevated
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
50
/ 100
Profitability 60Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 33Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

2 severe4 warning2 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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