Vivint Solar, Inc.
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 | FY15 | FY14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $341.0M | $116.3M | $117.2M | $135.2M | $64.2M | $25.3M |
| Operating income | −$188.6M | −$112.5M | −$84.2M | −$202.5M | −$231.1M | −$162.3M |
| Net income | −$102.2M | −$15.6M | $209.1M | $18.0M | $13.1M | −$28.9M |
| Total assets | $2.80B | $2.33B | $2.46B | $2.13B | $1.61B | $1.06B |
| Total liabilities | $2.41B | $1.85B | $1.48B | $1.33B | $830.3M | $322.8M |
| Equity | $190.5M | $288.6M | $781.0M | $556.3M | $518.9M | $478.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | — | $-0.13 | $1.77 | $0.16 | $0.12 | $-0.35 |
| Shares out. | 120.2M | 115.1M | 110.3M | 106.6M | 105.3M | 105.3M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2019- Operating margin
- −55.3%
- Net margin
- −30.0%
- Return on equity
- −53.6%
- Return on assets
- −3.6%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- −7.4%
- Liabilities / assets
- 86.0%
- Debt / equity
- 12.64×
- Book value / share
- $1.58
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 193.4%
- 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 · FY2019- Altman Z″ (distress)
- -0.79distress
- Accruals / assets
- 7.9%moderate
- Beneish M-Score
- -0.59elevated
- Piotroski F-Score
- 2/9weak
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 ScoreOur 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
● 1 severe● 5 warning● 1 good- Altman Z″ in the distress zone
- Operating losses (negative operating margin)
- Reported a net loss
- High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
- Negative operating cash flow
- Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
- 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.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313 Acquisition Llc10% owner | Oct 8, 2020 | J | 57.9M | — |
| Tibbetts Joseph S JrDirector | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 16,663 | $0.00 |
| Smith EllenDirector | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 6,448 | $0.00 |
| D'Alessandro David F.Director | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 22,029 | $0.00 |
| Bywater DavidOfficer — Chief Executive Officer | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 430,150 | $0.00 |
| Allred L. ChanceOfficer — Chief Sales Officer | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 41,296 | $0.00 |
| Russell Dana COfficer — CFO and EVP | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 73,968 | $0.00 |
| Plagemann Thomas G.Officer — CCO; EVP, Capital Markets | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 16,093 | $0.00 |
| Dickson Paul S.Officer — Chief Revenue Officer | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 36,995 | $0.00 |
| Christiansen BryanOfficer — Chief Operating Officer | Oct 8, 2020 | D | 49,939 | $0.00 |
| Christiansen BryanOfficer — Chief Operating Officer | Sep 11, 2020 | Sell | 2,168 | $30.84 |
| Christiansen BryanOfficer — Chief Operating Officer | Sep 8, 2020 | Sell | 3,411 | $25.81 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylawsOct 8, 2020
- Entered a material agreement · New financial obligationOct 6, 2020
- Shareholder voteOct 1, 2020
- Other material eventSep 22, 2020
- Other material eventSep 14, 2020
- Other material eventAug 19, 2020
- Results of operationsAug 5, 2020
- Entered a material agreement · Amended charter or bylawsJul 10, 2020
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
All filings ↗- ABS-15GFeb 13, 2026
- ABS-15GFeb 12, 2025
- ABS-15GFeb 7, 2024
- ABS-15GFeb 7, 2023
- ABS-15GFeb 10, 2022
- ABS-15GFeb 12, 2021
- SC 13G/ANov 10, 2020
- 15-12BFORM 15Oct 19, 2020
- EFFECTOct 13, 2020
- EFFECTOct 13, 2020
- 4FORM 4 SUBMISSIONOct 13, 2020
- 4FORM 4 SUBMISSIONOct 8, 2020
- 4FORM 4 SUBMISSIONOct 8, 2020
- 4FORM 4 SUBMISSIONOct 8, 2020
- 4FORM 4 SUBMISSIONOct 8, 2020
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