0R06 Stock Overview

A solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, India, Chile, and internationally. More details

0R06 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 60.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 20.95% per year

Earnings grew by 55.5% over the past year

Risk Analysis

High level of non-cash earnings

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the UK market

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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First Solar, Inc. Competitors

CML Microsystems

AIM:CML

UK£35.5m

ON Semiconductor

NasdaqGS:ON

US$15.0b

Montage Technology

SHSE:688008

CN¥84.1b

Monolithic Power Systems

NasdaqGS:MPWR

US$25.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for First Solar
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$129.16
52 Week High	US$306.74
52 Week Low	US$116.72
Beta	1.48
1 Month Change	-3.19%
3 Month Change	-31.23%
1 Year Change	-26.06%
3 Year Change	64.56%
5 Year Change	222.41%
Change since IPO	134.37%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	0R06	GB Semiconductor	GB Market
7D	4.9%	-1.9%	5.6%
1Y	-26.1%	-34.2%	-0.5%

Return vs Industry: 0R06 exceeded the UK Semiconductor industry which returned -34.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0R06 underperformed the UK Market which returned -0.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0R06's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0R06 volatility
0R06 Average Weekly Movement	7.6%
Semiconductor Industry Average Movement	8.5%
Market Average Movement	5.6%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.6%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	3.2%

Stable Share Price: 0R06's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: 0R06's weekly volatility (8%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1999	8,100	Mark Widmar	www.firstsolar.com

First Solar, Inc., a solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, India, Chile, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a thin film semiconductor technology that provides a lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It also designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that converts sunlight into electricity.

First Solar, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do First Solar's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
0R06 fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$14.08b
Earnings (TTM)	US$1.29b
Revenue (TTM)	US$4.21b

10.9x

P/E Ratio

3.3x

P/S Ratio

Is 0R06 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0R06 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$4.21b
Cost of Revenue	US$2.35b
Gross Profit	US$1.86b
Other Expenses	US$565.82m
Earnings	US$1.29b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Apr 29, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	12.05
Gross Margin	44.17%
Net Profit Margin	30.72%
Debt/Equity Ratio	7.6%

How did 0R06 perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/15 22:42
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/15 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
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

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

First Solar, Inc. is covered by 85 analysts. 36 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

0R06 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

First Solar, Inc. Competitors

AIM:CML

UK£35.5m

NasdaqGS:ON

US$15.0b

SHSE:688008

CN¥84.1b

NasdaqGS:MPWR

US$25.8b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

First Solar, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 14, 2025

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Apr 29, 2025

Molly E. Joseph Notifies First Solar, Inc. of His Decision to Not Stand for Re-Election as A Member of the Board of Directors

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$12.07 (vs US$7.78 in FY 2023)

Recent updates

First Solar, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 14, 2025

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Apr 29, 2025

Molly E. Joseph Notifies First Solar, Inc. of His Decision to Not Stand for Re-Election as A Member of the Board of Directors

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$12.07 (vs US$7.78 in FY 2023)

First Solar, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2025

First Solar, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Feb 25, 2025

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 15%

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 17%

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%

Now 22% undervalued

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

Independent Director recently sold US$1.1m worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$1.8m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 29%

Insider recently sold US$1.4m 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

Independent Director recently sold US$788k worth of stock

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 23%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

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 US$573k 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 US$1.6m 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 US$77m worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold US$650k 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