JA Solar (JASO) Posts Q1 Results, Continued Focus for Remainder of 2011
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Revenue in the first quarter of 2011 was $556.4 million, an increase of 91.2 percent from $290.9 million reported in the first quarter of the year prior. Gross profit in the first quarter of 2011 was $96.3 million, compared with $67.0 million in the first quarter of 2010. Gross margin was 17.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, compared with 23.0 percent in the comparable quarter of 2010. Operating income in the first quarter of 2011 was $83.3 million, compared with $54.1…