Which Solar Companies Manufacture the Best Solar Panels?
Which solar companies make the best solar panels for homes? Search the internet, and you'll find almost as many opinions on this subject as there are websites offering opinions -- up to and including self-promoting websites apparently sponsored by Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) touting their respective solar panels as "the best" solar panels.
Meanwhile, Consumer Reports, America's standard for unbiased evaluations of things folks want to buy, has gone AWOL on the issue. CR just put out a big spread on Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) solar roof product in its September edition, but CR declined to actually endorse Tesla's solar panels -- or anybody else's, for that matter.
That basically puts solar energy consumers, and investors in solar stocks, right back at square one, scouring the internet in vain, looking for answers, but unsure of whom to trust. So, what should you do if you're in the market for a solar power system -- or a solar stock? Well, while there may be no single authoritative source identifying which solar companies make the best solar panels, there does seem to be a consensus forming around a handful of solar companies that are all pretty good:
Source: Fool.com
