Sunrun adds 34,000 customers in Q2, expects net subscriber value to grow to greater than US$ 10,000 in H2

Aug 4, 2022 04:47 PM ET
  • Complying with solid demand in the United States market for residential solar, United States solar installer Sunrun raised its customer enhancements by greater than in Q1 as well as uploaded better-than-expected monetary results, while still making a loss.
Sunrun adds 34,000 customers in Q2, expects net subscriber value to grow to greater than US$ 10,000 in H2
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Sunrun added 34,403 customers in Q2, up from the 29,463 it added in Q1, standing for a 21% year-on-year growth as well as taking its overall customer number to 724,177.

The company mounted 246.5 MW of solar PV in Q2, up from 213MW in Q1, bringing its networked solar energy capacity to 5,136 MW since 30 June.

Sunrun's net subscriber value also enhanced from US$ 7,141 in Q1 to US$ 7,910 in Q2. The business stated its subscriber value was US$ 38,712 in the 2nd quarter of 2022 while creation expenses were US$ 30,802. Its overall value produced was US$ 200 million in Q2 2022.

Its Q2 2022 results revealed that quarterly revenue raised by 46% year-over-year to US$ 584.58 million, which beat typical expert estimates of less than US$ 500 million.

On the other hand, it reported a quarterly net loss of US$ 12.4 million, or US$ 0.06 c per share, which opposed analysts that were anticipating a loss of US$ 0.10 c per share. In Q1, it reported a net loss of US$ 87.8 million and experienced a US$ 0.42 c fall in share cost, while increasing its finance facility to assist in devices stockpiling.

"The Sunrun group remains to execute well, supplying considerable development in installments that exceeded our support," claimed Danny Abajian, Sunrun's CFO.

Total price of revenue was US$ 495 million, an increase of 50% year-over-year, while complete general expenses were US$ 740 million, a boost of 36% year-over-year.

At the time of its Q1 results, Sunrun claimed it had taken a variety of measures to insulate itself from upcoming headwinds in the US solar market. "The changes we made to our offerings in action to greater input and capital expenses previously this year have actually been obtained well, and also these modifications are partly shown in our greater net subscriber value throughout Q2 and also our expectation is for also greater net subscriber value in Q3," said Abajian.

Sunrun's administration expects solar energy capacity set up growth to be 25% or higher for the full-year 2022 as it declared its assistance for the year, while its net subscriber value is expected to rise to greater than US$ 10,000 in Q3 as well as Q4. In Q3, the firm expects solar installs to be in a range between 250MW-- 260MW.

"We are laser focused on growing faster, far better and also more powerful as we enhance just how we deliver a world class experience for our customers while continuing to give brand-new product as well as modern technology offerings our customers," stated Sunrun CEO Mary Powell.

Powell referenced the recently agreed upon Rising cost of living Reduction Act during the Q2 results release, saying it would "turbocharge" the energy change in the US.


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