Sunrun Inc. (RUN)
Sunrun is a major American provider of home solar panels and battery storage systems, helping households generate and store their own renewable energy.
Is Sunrun Inc. a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Strong revenue growth shows high demand for solar solutions. Worth weighing: High sensitivity to interest rates makes financing expensive.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Share price divided by the earnings actually reported over the four most recent quarters. The range is the same calculation at each of this company's last few results, so roughly the past year.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does Sunrun Inc. do?
Sunrun installs solar panels on people's roofs and manages the energy they produce, often through long-term lease agreements where customers pay for the power rather than buying the equipment outright. Those recurring monthly payments, plus outright sales of the systems to homeowners, keep the lights on. Keep an eye on how they handle their high debt levels as interest rates fluctuate, since this heavily shapes the cost of funding their large-scale installations.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on value and growth, and weakest on momentum.
- !Pays no dividend - the whole return rides on the share price
- ✓Growing - revenue up about 53% over the year
- ·Low P/E of 7 vs last year's earnings
- !Carries a lot of debt - roughly 2.9x its equity
- —
- Quality screens low
- Momentum screens low
- Income screens low
Does Sunrun Inc. pay a dividend?
No - Sunrun Inc. doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.
Does Sunrun Inc. have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $726.43M in cash against about $15.23B of debt - so it has net debt of about $14.51B. Debt is not automatically a problem - it funds growth - but it has to be serviced and repaid, which matters more when profits wobble.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do Sunrun Inc.'s numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-09-11. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Sunrun Inc. actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Sunrun Inc. fell as much as −74% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does Sunrun Inc. make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
Where does each £100 of Sunrun Inc.'s sales go?
A rough split of the latest full-year figures: of every £100 of sales, about £65 covers making the product or service, £23 goes on running costs, tax and interest, and about £12 is left as profit. Margins vary a lot by industry, and one-off items can distort a single year.
When does Sunrun Inc. report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Sunrun Inc. is next scheduled to report on about 2026-11-05 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | $-0.05 | $0.62 | Beat +1231% |
| 2026-02-26 | $-0.06 | $0.38 | Beat +700% |
| 2025-11-06 | $0.12 | $0.06 | Missed -49% |
| 2025-08-06 | $-0.11 | $1.07 | Beat +1030% |
| 2025-05-07 | $-0.27 | $0.20 | Beat +173% |
| 2025-02-27 | $-0.18 | $1.41 | Beat +865% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Sunrun Inc. came in ahead of what analysts expected 5 times. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
See who else reports over the next two weeks →
Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for Sunrun Inc.?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
Widespread shift to home-based renewable energy grids.
Technological obsolescence or failure to turn a profit.
What are the pros and cons of Sunrun Inc.?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Strong revenue growth: How fast the company's sales grew versus a year ago. shows high demand for solar solutions.
- Large installed base creates predictable, long-term recurring income.
- Leading position in the US residential solar market.
- High sensitivity to interest rates makes financing expensive.
- Negative return on equity: How much profit the company makes for each £1 shareholders have put in. Higher usually means a more efficient business. suggests challenges in turning a profit.
- No dividend payments for those looking for regular income.
- Changes to government tax credits could hurt demand.
- High debt levels increase pressure during economic downturns.
- The share price is highly volatile compared to the broader market.
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained period of high interest rates that prevents the company from funding new projects.
- A major change in government policy that removes financial incentives for homeowners to install solar.
Common questions about Sunrun Inc.
Does Sunrun Inc. pay a dividend?
No - Sunrun Inc. does not currently pay a dividend, so the return would rest on the share price. Many growing companies reinvest profits instead of paying them out.
When does Sunrun Inc. report earnings next?
Sunrun Inc. is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-11-05. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
More in Technology
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
Rigetti Computing, Inc.
DocuSign, Inc.
SoundHound AI, Inc.
Grab Holdings Limited
Nokia Oyj
Zscaler, Inc.
Unity Software Inc.Built from public filings & market prices, checked for an education-only tone, and never a price target. How we make these →
This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.