| Market Capitalization (Millions $) |
1,212 |
| Shares
Outstanding (Millions) |
170 |
| Employees |
1,480 |
| Revenues (TTM) (Millions $) |
588 |
| Net Income (TTM) (Millions $) |
29 |
| Cash Flow (TTM) (Millions $) |
-3 |
| Capital Exp. (TTM) (Millions $) |
32 |
Business Description
Shoals is a leading provider of electrical balance of system or 'EBOS' solutions for solar energy projects in the United States. EBOS encompasses all of the components that are necessary to carry the electric current produced by solar panels to an inverter and ultimately to the power grid. EBOS components are mission-critical products that have a high consequence of failure, including lost revenue, equipment damage, fire damage, and even serious injury or death. As a result, we believe customers prioritize reliability and safety over price when selecting EBOS solutions. We also recently began selling 'EV Charging' solutions for public and fleet electric vehicle charging stations in the United States.
EBOS components that we produce include cable assemblies, inline fuses, combiners, disconnects, recombiners, wireless monitoring systems, junction boxes, transition enclosures, splice boxes, wire management solutions and IV curve benchmarking devices. EV Charging solutions that we produce include the following offerings which fulfill nearly all commercial EV charging needs: the EV BLA, raceways which protect the EV BLAs and other power cables, pedestal bases for Level 2 chargers and quick connect bases for Level 3 and high-power chargers, and the power center on a Shoals quick connect base. We derive the majority of our revenue from selling 'system solutions' which are complete EBOS systems that include several of our products, many of which are customized for the customer's project. We believe our system solutions are unique in our industry because they integrate design and engineering support, proprietary components and innovative installation methods into a single offering that would otherwise be challenging for a customer to obtain from a single provider or at all.
We sell our products principally to engineering, procurement and construction firms ("EPCs') that build solar energy projects and install electric vehicle charging stations.
We refer to complete EBOS systems that use multiple components produced by us as 'system solutions.' When we sell a system solution, we work with our customers to design, specify and customize their EBOS system to maximize reliability and energy production while minimizing cost. We also provide technical support during installation and the transition to operations and maintenance.
We design, manufacture and sell system solutions for the two types of wiring architectures used by the U.S. solar industry: homerun and combine-as-you-go.
Homerun EBOS: We have developed a proprietary EBOS solution for homerun architectures that we refer to as an 'interconnect harness.' Rather than the traditional approach of running a separate wire from each string to a combiner box, our interconnect harness connects multiple strings together at each row using a single wire and simple push connector, rather than a wire crimp. Combining multiple strings together at each row reduces the number of wire runs that have to be made to combiner boxes as well as the number of connections that have to be made in each combiner box which reduces either the total number of combiner boxes or the size of combiner boxes required for the system. Using push connectors allows a large portion of the EBOS installation to be completed by laborers rather than requiring licensed electricians. Our homerun EBOS system solutions typically include our interconnect harness, combiners and jumpers. The majority of solar energy projects in operation today use conventional homerun architecture.
Combine-as-you-go EBOS: We invented 'combine-as-you-go' architecture in 2014 and began offering combine-as-you-go products widely in 2017. Combine-as-you-go architecture connects all strings in a project to 'trunk' wires that feed directly into disconnect boxes, which are connected to the inverter. With our interconnect harness, BLA combines the functionality of cable assemblies, combiner boxes and fusing all into one product that does not require a licensed electrician to install. A combine-as-you-go architecture using BLA has significant advantages over traditional homerun architectures, including using less material, requiring fewer man hours to install and having greater reliability and ease of maintenance. Our combine-as-you-go EBOS system solutions typically include our interconnect harness, BLA and disconnects and, in some projects, transition enclosures and splice boxes.
Company Address: 1500 Shoals Way Portland 37148 TN
Company Phone Number: 451-1400 Stock Exchange / Ticker: NASDAQ SHLS
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