Barclays Is 'Broadly Positive' On Solar Group. Check the points below. Top Pick The analyst named First Solar, Inc. as the Top Pick. The company is the market leader in utility-scale, with a highly robust balance sheet and positioned well to exploit the long-term demand to achieve CPP. The rating remains at Overweight, while the price target has been raised from $71 to $90. The EPS estimates for FY1 and FY2 have been raised from $3.49 to $4.60 and from $3.77 to $4.49, respectively. Distributed Generation Developers Coverage of distributed generation [DG] developers SolarCity Corp and Sunrun Inc have been initiated with Overweight ratings and price target of 49 and $12, respectively. Windham projected 40 percent y/y installation growth for 2016, adding, “The emerging nature of the DG state policies, concentrated geographic demand, and significant financing requirements make DG a high risk sector, in our view.”Upgrades The rating for SunPower Corporation has been upgraded from Equal-Weight to Overweight, with the price target being raised from $26 to $32.Downgrades Barclays downgraded the rating for 8Point3 Energy Partners LP from Equal-Weight to Underweight, while reducing the price target from $16 to $14. TerraForm Global Inc has been downgraded from Overweight to Equal-Weight, while the price target has been lowered from $10 to $4.