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0.75 (1y: -71%)
Market Cap 18 M P/E(ttm)
Enterprise Value P/B
LIME- NAS (USA)
Lime Energy Co.
Not Rated
Top Ranked Predictable Companies
$0.75
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

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1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

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Q2 2012

LIME Guru Trades in Q2 2012

Jim Simons 19,300 sh (New)
Chuck Royce 914,990 sh (+3.57%)
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Q3 2012

LIME Guru Trades in Q3 2012

Jim Simons 84,300 sh (+336.79%)
Chuck Royce 240,000 sh (-73.77%)
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Q4 2012

LIME Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Jim Simons 119,000 sh (+41.16%)
Chuck Royce Sold Out
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Q1 2013

LIME Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Jim Simons 127,300 sh (+6.97%)
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Business Description

Lime Energy Co. was formed on December 5, 1997 as Electric City LLC. It is a provider of integrated energy engineering, consulting and implementation solutions specializing in improving the energy efficiency of its clients' facilities, thereby reducing their operating costs and carbon emissions. The Company focuses on two specific markets: the commercial and industrial market, and the public sector market, working primarily with energy service companies (ESCOs). Its clients include commercial and industrial businesses, property owners and managers, utilities, and ESCOs serving U.S. government and educational institutions. The Company focuses on deploying solutions to reduce the energy-related expenditures of its clients' facilities and the impact of their energy use on the environment, including energy efficient lighting upgrades, energy efficiency mechanical and electrical retrofit and upgrade services, water conservation, weatherization and renewable project development and implementation. It provides energy efficiency solutions across all of its clients' facilities, ranging from high-rise office buildings to manufacturing plants, retail sites, mixed use complexes and large, government sites to small, local facilities. The Company offers its clients a full range of services to address the energy efficiency needs of their facilities based on its ability to identify and deliver significant return on its clients' investments, improve the quality of their physical workspaces, maximize their operational savings and reduce their maintenance costs. The Energy Consulting and Technical Services business unit provides consulting, engineering and program management services for clients in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability. The Company utilizes its technical expertise to help Lime's clients meet their goals for energy use reduction, energy cost savings and carbon management. Its clients are in a wide variety of sectors, including commercial, industrial, and utilities, institutional and governmental. Its services include: Energy Project Development; Energy Engineering; Consulting; Energy Master Planning; and Utility Program Management. It provides in-house, turnkey implementation services to deliver its energy efficiency solutions to its clients. The market for energy efficiency solutions is highly fragmented. The Company faces competition mainly from companies only offering a sub-set of its offerings, such as lighting or mechanical and electrical conservation services. As a Delaware corporation, the Company is subject to certain Delaware anti-takeover provisions, including the application of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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Industry: Engineering & Construction
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Traded in other countries:ECLB.Germany
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Lime Energy Co. (LIME) CFO Jeffrey Mistarz buys 2,500 Shares Dec 17 2010 
Lime Energy Co. (LIME) CFO Jeffrey Mistarz buys 2,500 Shares Sep 16 2010 

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