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DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP. (DQ)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About DAQO NEW ENERGY CORP.

DAQO New Energy Corp. manufactures and sells high-purity polysilicon used in the production of solar photovoltaic products. The company serves solar panel manufacturers and other customers in the renewable energy industry. It operates production facilities and provides materials essential for solar energy applications.

Snapshot

Revenue
$665.4M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-35.3%
Net income
$-170.5M
Diluted EPS
$-0.51
Gross margin
-20.7%
Operating margin
-40.6%
Net margin
-25.6%
FCF margin
-18.5%
ROE
-2.9%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$914.8M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Daqo New Energy

  • Revenue fell 35.3% to $665M in FY2025, after a 55.4% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 40.6% loss in FY2025, from 62.6% in FY2021.
  • Free cash flow was negative $123M in FY2025.
  • Net loss narrowed to $171M in FY2025, from $345M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Daqo New Energy’s fundamentals sit among the 88 semiconductor companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin-20.7%
Lowest of 78
Operating margin-40.6%
8th percentile of 79
Net margin-25.6%
15th percentile of 80
FCF margin-18.5%
17th percentile of 78
Revenue growth (YoY)-35.3%
3rd percentile of 88
ROE-2.9%
37th percentile of 74
Short interest3.56d
63rd percentile of 88

Daqo New Energy’s gross margin of -20.7% is the lowest of the 78 semiconductor companies reporting it. Daqo New Energy’s revenue growth of -35.3% ranks in the 3rd percentile of the 88 semiconductor companies reporting it. Daqo New Energy’s operating margin of -40.6% ranks in the 8th percentile of the 79 semiconductor companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$20.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$7.7M574.0KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$5.6M420.3KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$3.9M290.9KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.9M142.8KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.0M77.9KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-10.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.56
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.2M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-144.3M-10.1%3.56
2026-07-314.8M-0.6%6.33
2026-07-154.8M-5.0%5.68
2026-06-305.0M+33.0%5.40
2026-06-153.8M+19.8%3.02
2026-05-293.2M+6.8%3.84
2026-05-153.0M-6.9%3.54
2026-04-303.2M+15.8%2.89

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$665.4M$1.03B$2.31B$4.61B$1.68B
Gross profit$-137.9M$-212.9M$920.6M$3.41B$1.10B
Operating income$-270.2M$-564.1M$783.4M$3.04B$1.05B
Net income$-170.5M$-345.2M$429.5M$1.82B$748.9M
Diluted EPS$-0.51$-1.04$1.15$4.67$1.95

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$856.1M$1.01B$3.04B$3.50B$723.8M
Current assets$2.70B$2.63B$3.58B$4.89B$1.74B
Total assets$6.45B$6.42B$7.43B$7.59B$3.34B
Current liabilities$501.6M$521.2M$836.4M$736.5M$550.5M
Long-term debt$0
Total liabilities$533.0M$560.4M$978.6M$989.5M$679.8M
Total equity$5.92B$5.86B$6.45B$6.60B$2.66B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$49.7M$-435.4M$1.62B$2.46B$639.0M
Capital expenditure$173.0M$358.8M$1.11B$1.21B$498.5M
Free cash flow$-123.3M$-794.3M$505.3M$1.26B$140.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorTechnology
SIC industrySemiconductors & Related Devices
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Oldest indexed filing2010
SEC CIK1477641

Selected SEC filings

20-F2026-04-20
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20-F2025-04-29
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6-K2026-08-20
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6-K2026-08-06
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6-K2026-06-03
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6-K2026-04-29
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.