3 Reasons to Avoid ARRY and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 12:01 AM 3 min read

Array has been on fire lately. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has rocketed 65%, reaching $8.99 per share. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

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Despite the momentum, we’re swiping left on Array for now. Here are three reasons we avoid ARRY and a stock we’d rather own.

Revenue growth can be broken down into changes in price and volume (the number of units sold). While both are important, volume is the lifeblood of a successful Renewable Energy company because there’s a ceiling to what customers will pay.

Array’s units sold came in at 3,701 in the latest quarter, and over the last two years, averaged 3.7% year-on-year growth. This performance was underwhelming and suggests it might have to lower prices or invest in product improvements to accelerate growth, factors that can hinder near-term profitability.

Free cash flow isn’t a prominently featured metric in company financials and earnings releases, but we think it’s telling because it accounts for all operating and capital expenses, making it tough to manipulate. Cash is king.

Array broke even from a free cash flow perspective over the last five years, giving the company limited opportunities to return capital to shareholders.

ROIC, or return on invested capital, is a metric showing how much operating profit a company generates relative to the money it has raised (debt and equity).

We like to invest in businesses with high returns, but the trend in a company’s ROIC is what often surprises the market and moves the stock price. Over the last few years, Array’s ROIC has unfortunately decreased significantly. Paired with its already low returns, these declines suggest its profitable growth opportunities are few and far between.

Array falls short of our quality standards. Following the recent surge, the stock trades at 13× forward P/E (or $8.99 per share). While this valuation is fair, the upside isn’t great compared to the potential downside. There are more exciting stocks to buy at the moment. Let us point you toward one of our top software and edge computing picks.

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