First SolarFSLR

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6 good· Earnings beat
5 to watch· Below 50-day

$173.79−4.32 (−2.43%)

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From the 10-Q for the quarter to Sep 30, reported Oct 29

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Growing
sales

−34.2% in a yearsince Nov 11, 2025

Earnings report

The news behind our call

written Tuesday, 9:32 AM ETTuesday, 9:32 AM ET · 16 articles · 8 sources

Strong earnings face a credibility test after the election rally
First Solar beat its latest earnings expectation.

What changed

From Yahoo Finance, Barron's, CNBC and 4 more

Analyst ratings shifted: 1 more buy, 1 fewer hold
28 buy, 7 hold, 1 sell, against 27 buy, 8 hold, 1 sell the month before.
Analysts · This month
First Solar stock: Is Wall Street bullish or bearish?
Yesterday
US stock market today: S&P 500 Futures Edge higher on key CPI focus
Tuesday
UBS lowers First Solar stock price target to $295 on valuation
Tuesday
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Tuesday
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Monday
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Monday
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Monday

Overview

In plain numbers

Revenue fell 0.7% from a year earlier, to $5.0B in the last twelve months.
It keeps 38 cents of every revenue dollar as operating profit, up from 15 cents in FY 2021.
It turned 4.6% of revenue into free cash flow: $232.8M in the last twelve months.
It holds $1.6B in cash and investments against $325.0M of debt, which leaves $1.3B of net cash.

Key figures

Revenue (TTM): $5.0B
Revenue growth, 1 year: −0.7%
Net income: $1.9B
EPS (diluted): $17.29
Gross margin: 49.3%
Operating margin: 37.7%

Return on equity: 18.7%
Return on capital: 19.8%
Debt / equity: 0.03
Current ratio: 2.57
Buyback yield: -0.15%

Key facts

Company value: $21.6B
Price / last year's earnings: 13.3×
Today's range: 170.67176.40

Past year's range: 168.15318.25
Yesterday's close: $178.11
Swings vs the market: 1.7×bigger