JinkoSolar Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results
03/02/15
SHANGHAI, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014.
Fourth Quarter 2014 Highlights •Total solar product shipments to the third parties amounted to 838.2 megawatts ("MW"), consisting of 739.2 MW of solar modules, 53.1 MW of silicon wafers and 45.9 MW of solar cells. This represents an increase of 18.4% from 708.2 MW in the third quarter of 2014 and an increase of 43.0% from 586.3 MW in the fourth quarter of 2013. Total solar module shipments were 1,078.3 MW, which includes 339.1 MW to be used in the Company's downstream projects. •As of December 31, 2014, the Company has connected a total of 502.6 MW of solar power projects to the grid. •Total revenues were RMB2.97 billion (US$478.9 million), representing an increase of 16.0% from the third quarter of 2014 and an increase of 35.8% from the fourth quarter of 2013. •Electricity revenues from solar power projects were RMB80.4 million (US$13.0 million), representing an increase of 68.6% over the third quarter of 2014. In the third quarter, the Company reversed the revenue of RMB19.6 million related to the value-added tax of feed-in-tariffs. Electricity revenues from solar power projects, excluding the effect of value-added tax, representing an increase of 19.5% over the third quarter of 2014. •Gross margin was 22.8%, compared with 20.6% in the third quarter of 2014 and 24.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013. •Income from operations was RMB236.6 million (US$38.1 million), compared with income from operations of RMB239.9 million in the third quarter of 2014 and income from operations of RMB262.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. •Net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders was RMB244.7 million (US$39.4 million), compared with net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders of RMB280.6 million in the third quarter of 2014 and net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders of RMB164.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. •Diluted earnings per American depositary share ("ADS") were RMB3.12 (US$0.52), compared with diluted earnings per ADS of RMB8.00 in the third quarter of 2014 and diluted earnings per ADS of RMB5.88 in the fourth quarter of 2013. •Non-GAAP net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders in the fourth quarter of 2014 was RMB237.1 million (US$38.2 million), compared with non-GAAP net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders of RMB342.0 million in the third quarter of 2014 and non-GAAP net income attributable to JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.'s ordinary shareholders of RMB228.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. •Non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per ADS were RMB7.64 (US$1.24) and RMB6.12 (US$1.00), respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2014.
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