First Solar Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

First Solar does not have a record of paying a dividend.

Key information

n/a

Dividend yield

0.1%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	0.1%
Future Dividend Yield	0%
Dividend Growth	n/a
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	n/a
Payout ratio	n/a

Recent dividend and buyback updates

No updates

Recent updates

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FSLR's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FSLR's dividend payments have been increasing.

Dividend Yield vs Market

First Solar Dividend Yield vs Market

How does FSLR dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (FSLR)	n/a
Market Bottom 25% (AT)	2.3%
Market Top 25% (AT)	6.2%
Industry Average (Semiconductor)	1.0%
Analyst forecast (FSLR) (up to 3 years)	0%

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate FSLR's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate FSLR's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate FSLR's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as FSLR has not reported any payouts.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 21:02
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

First Solar, Inc. is covered by 88 analysts. 39 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Anders Rosenlund	ABG Sundal Collier
Adam Krop	Ardour Capital Investments, LLC
James Fontanelli	Arete Research Services LLP

First Solar Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 0/6

Key information

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.92 (vs US$2.51 in 3Q 2023)

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 29, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$3.26 (vs US$1.60 in 2Q 2023)

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 30, 2024

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

First Solar, Inc. Becomes the Solar Industry's First EPEAT Climate+ Champion, Setting Global Standard for Ultra-Low Carbon Solar

Insider recently sold €1.7m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 29%

Insider recently sold €1.3m worth of stock

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.21 (vs US$0.40 in 1Q 2023)

First Solar, Inc. Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

New minor risk - Insider selling

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

First Solar, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 08, 2024

First Solar, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$7.78 (vs US$0.41 loss in FY 2022)

First Solar, Inc. Announces Board Resignations

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 27, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

First Solar, Inc. Updates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.51 (vs US$0.46 loss in 3Q 2022)

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 31, 2023

First Solar, Inc. Maintains Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.60 (vs US$0.52 in 2Q 2022)

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 27, 2023

First Solar, Inc. Announces Limited Production Run of World’S First Bifacial Thin Film Photovoltaic Module

Independent Director recently sold €528k worth of stock

First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FSLR) acquired Evolar AB from Magnora ASA (OB:MGN) for $38 million.

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.40 (vs US$0.41 loss in 1Q 2022)

Independent Director recently sold €1.5m worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings released: US$0.41 loss per share (vs US$4.41 profit in FY 2021)

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 28, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.46 loss per share (vs US$0.42 profit in 3Q 2021)

First Solar, Inc. Updates Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 27, 2022

The funds managed by Real Assets group of PAG completed the acquisition of A solar operations and maintenance (O&M) platform with approximately 665 MWDC ,in Japan from First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FSLR).

Insider recently sold €77m worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold €638k worth of stock

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.52 (vs US$0.78 in 2Q 2021)

First Solar, Inc. Updates Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 28, 2022

The funds managed by Real Assets group of PAG completed the acquisition of 293 Megawatts Utility Scale Solar Development Platform in Japan from First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FSLR).

First Solar, Inc. Announces Director Appointments

Insufficient new directors

PAG entered into a definitive agreement to acquire O&M platform from First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FSLR).

First quarter 2022 earnings released: US$0.41 loss per share (vs US$1.98 profit in 1Q 2021)

First Solar, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 26, 2022

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on Apr 28, 2022

First Solar, Inc. Announces Kathryn A. Hollister Not to Stand for Re-Election as A Member of the Board of Directors

First Solar in Talks to Sell Japan Project Development, O&M Biz

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

First Solar, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Sharon L. Allen Intends Not to Stand for Re-Election as Member of the Company’s Board of Directors of First Solar, Inc

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Mar 01, 2022

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against First Solar, Inc

First Solar, Inc. Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Class Action Lawsuit

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Announces the Filing of A Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against First Solar, Inc

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.42 (vs US$1.46 in 3Q 2020)

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.78 (vs US$0.35 in 2Q 2020)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$1.98 (vs US$0.86 in 1Q 2020)

First Solar, Inc. Raised Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

First Solar Appoints Kathryn A. Hollister to Board of Directors

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Independent Director recently sold €668k worth of stock

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS US$3.76 (vs US$1.09 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue misses expectations

Intersect Power Orders Up to 2.4 Gw of First Solar Series 6 from First Solar, Inc

New 90-day low: €70.67

Longroad Energy Holdings, LLC agreed to acquire Sun Streams 2, 4, and 5 (900 MWdc) in Arizona from First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FSLR).

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Feb 25, 2021