1FSLR Stock Overview

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

1FSLR fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 57% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 21.51% per year

Earnings grew by 55.5% over the past year

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

High level of non-cash earnings

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

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for First Solar
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$123.18
52 Week High	US$274.15
52 Week Low	US$107.80
Beta	1.48
1 Month Change	4.09%
3 Month Change	-19.05%
1 Year Change	-27.37%
3 Year Change	76.73%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	138.21%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	1FSLR	IT Semiconductor	IT Market
7D	12.0%	5.7%	3.7%
1Y	-27.4%	-30.0%	8.5%

Return vs Industry: 1FSLR exceeded the Italian Semiconductor industry which returned -29.6% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 1FSLR underperformed the Italian Market which returned 8.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 1FSLR's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1FSLR volatility
1FSLR Average Weekly Movement	7.2%
Semiconductor Industry Average Movement	8.4%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.6%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.3%

Stable Share Price: 1FSLR's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: 1FSLR's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Italian stocks.

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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?
1FSLR fundamental statistics
Market cap	€13.32b
Earnings (TTM)	€1.13b
Revenue (TTM)	€3.68b

11.7x

P/E Ratio

3.6x

P/S Ratio

Is 1FSLR overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1FSLR 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 1FSLR perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/28 05:55
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/28 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

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