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first solar inc. - FSLR

FSLR

Close Chg Chg %
126.57 1.35 1.07%

Open Market

127.92

+1.35 (1.07%)

Volume: 693.92K

Last Updated:

May 2, 2025, 10:37 AM EDT

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Company Overview: first solar inc. - FSLR

FSLR Key Data

Open

$127.36

 Day Range

125.55 - 129.00

52 Week Range

116.56 - 306.77

 Market Cap

$13.57B

Shares Outstanding

107.24M

 Public Float

101.32M

Beta

1.46

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

10.76

 EPS

$11.82

Yield

0.00%

 Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

4.46M

  

FSLR Performance

1 Week
 
 -10.78%
 
1 Month
 
 -1.65%
 
3 Months
 
 -24.44%
 
1 Year
 
 -33.92%
 
5 Years
 
 201.50%
 

FSLR Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 40
Full Ratings ➔

About first solar inc. - FSLR

First Solar, Inc. is a solar technology company, which engages in the provision of solar modules. It is involved in the design, manufacture, and sale of cadmium tellurid (CdTe) solar modules, which convert sunlight into electricity. The company was founded by Michael J. Ahearn in 1999 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

FSLR At a Glance

First Solar, Inc.
350 West Washington Street
Tempe, Arizona 85288
Phone 1-602-414-9300 Revenue 4.21B
Industry Semiconductors Net Income 1.29B
Sector Electronic Technology 2024 Sales Growth 26.749%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 8,100
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FSLR Valuation

P/E Current 10.697
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 14.667
Price to Sales Ratio 4.505
Price to Book Ratio 2.365
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 15.559
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.413
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.248
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.04

FSLR Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 519,294.938
Income Per Employee 159,511.605
Receivables Turnover 2.326
Total Asset Turnover 0.374

FSLR Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.45
Quick Ratio 1.928
Cash Ratio 0.867

FSLR Profitability

Gross Margin 44.224
Operating Margin 35.198
Pretax Margin 33.434
Net Margin 30.717
Return on Assets 11.49
Return on Equity 17.621
Return on Total Capital 14.857
Return on Invested Capital 16.51

FSLR Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 9.01
Total Debt to Total Capital 8.266
Total Debt to Total Assets 5.929
Long-Term Debt to Equity 5.88
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 5.394
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Annual Financials for First Solar Inc. - FSLR

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
2.92B 2.62B 3.32B 4.21B
Sales Growth
+7.82% -10.40% +26.70% +26.75%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.19B 2.49B 2.02B 2.35B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
259.90M 269.72M 307.99M 417.70M
Depreciation
249.00M 258.82M 297.49M 407.20M
Amortization of Intangibles
10.90M 10.90M 10.50M 10.50M
COGS Growth
+8.02% +13.56% -18.73% +15.87%
Gross Income
729.53M 127.99M 1.29B 1.86B
Gross Income Growth
+7.24% -82.46% +910.89% +43.78%
Gross Profit Margin
+24.96% +4.89% +38.99% +44.22%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
269.44M 277.53M 349.93M 379.64M
Research & Development
99.11M 112.80M 152.31M 191.38M
Other SG&A
170.32M 164.72M 197.62M 188.26M
SGA Growth
-14.91% +3.00% +26.09% +8.49%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(13.79M) (48.39M) 37.28M 9.39M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
473.89M (101.15M) 906.60M 1.47B
Non Operating Income/Expense
111.06M 121.97M (2.34M) (25.95M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
6.18M 33.28M 97.67M 89.09M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
12.79M 12.22M 12.96M 38.87M
Interest Expense Growth
-23.75% -4.43% +6.05% +199.81%
Gross Interest Expense
12.79M 12.22M 12.96M 38.87M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
572.16M 8.60M 891.29M 1.41B
Pretax Income Growth
+95.15% -98.50% +10,266.25% +57.79%
Pretax Margin
+19.57% +0.33% +26.86% +33.43%
Income Tax
103.47M 52.76M 60.51M 114.29M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
13.00M 8.83M 52.98M 112.36M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
10.11M 49.98M 20.77M 21.83M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
62.28M (14.63M) (24.80M) (34.34M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
18.07M 8.57M 11.57M 14.44M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
468.69M (44.17M) 830.78M 1.29B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
468.69M (44.17M) 830.78M 1.29B
Net Income Growth
+17.66% -109.42% +1,981.03% +55.52%
Net Margin Growth
+16.03% -1.69% +25.03% +30.72%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
468.69M (44.17M) 830.78M 1.29B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
468.69M (44.17M) 830.78M 1.29B
EPS (Basic)
4.4107 -0.4145 7.7792 12.0735
EPS (Basic) Growth
+17.22% -109.40% +1,976.77% +55.20%
Basic Shares Outstanding
106.26M 106.55M 106.80M 107.02M
EPS (Diluted)
4.3834 -0.4145 7.7374 12.0162
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+17.39% -109.46% +1,966.68% +55.30%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
106.92M 106.55M 107.37M 107.53M
EBITDA
720.00M 120.18M 1.25B 1.90B
EBITDA Growth
+20.69% -83.31% +941.64% +51.63%
EBITDA Margin
+24.63% +4.59% +37.72% +45.13%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 227.414
Number of Ratings 40 Current Quarters Estimate 2.96
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 15.344
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.95 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 12.02 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 22.504
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 26 26 34 34
Mean Estimate 2.96 4.41 15.34 22.50
High Estimates 5.33 5.82 19.08 28.33
Low Estimate 2.12 2.89 12.55 14.17
Coefficient of Variance 23.20 15.21 11.74 16.16

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 26 26 28
OVERWEIGHT 6 6 5
HOLD 7 7 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Buy

Insider Actions for First Solar Inc. - FSLR

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 2, 2025 William J. Post Director 26,245 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Anita Marangoly George Director 4,231 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Michael J. Ahearn Director 64,449 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Venkata S. Renduchintala Director 993 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Norman L. Wright Director 3,869 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Molly E. Joseph Director 15,923 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Lisa A. Kro Director 3,459 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Michael T. P. Sweeney Director 17,685 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2025 Paul H. Stebbins Director 21,810 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Caroline Stockdale Chief People and Comm. Officer 30,659 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Mark R. Widmar Chief Executive Officer; Director 111,890 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $133.75 per share 14,965,287.50
Mar 21, 2025 Mike Koralewski Chief Supply Chain Officer 14,593 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Mike Koralewski Chief Supply Chain Officer 14,320 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $133.75 per share 1,915,300.00
Mar 21, 2025 Mark R. Widmar Chief Executive Officer; Director 9,712 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Georges J. Antoun Chief Commercial Officer 1,174 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Georges J. Antoun Chief Commercial Officer 52,836 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $133.75 per share 7,066,815.00
Mar 21, 2025 Georges J. Antoun Chief Commercial Officer 53,065 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Jason E. Dymbort General Counsel and Secretary 22,636 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Caroline Stockdale Chief People and Comm. Officer 1,600 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Caroline Stockdale Chief People and Comm. Officer 30,318 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $133.75 per share 4,055,032.50

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