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FSLR:NASDAQ
First Solar Inc
$182.05
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+4.39%(+7.65) 1D
$183.21
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Closed: Nov 2, 4:00:01 PM GMT-5 · USD
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Open
$179.00
High
$186.24
Low
$176.92
Mkt. cap
19.57B
Avg. vol.
2.26M
Volume
0.00
P/E ratio
10.53
52-wk high
$320.95
52-wk low
$165.86
EPS
$17.28
Beta
1.80
Shares outstanding
107.48M
No. of employees
8K
Open
$179.00
High
$186.24
Low
$176.92
Mkt. cap
19.57B
Avg. vol.
2.26M
Volume
0.00
P/E ratio
10.53
52-wk high
$320.95
52-wk low
$165.86
EPS
$17.28
Beta
1.80
Shares outstanding
107.48M
No. of employees
8K
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Profile
First Solar, Inc. is an American publicly traded manufacturer of solar panels. First Solar uses rigid thin-film modules for its solar panels, and produces CdTe panels using cadmium telluride as a semiconductor.
The predecessor company, Solar Cells, Inc., was founded in 1990 by inventor Harold McMaster. In 1999, Solar Cells, Inc., was purchased by True North Partners, LLC, led by Michael Ahearn, and rebranded as First Solar, Inc.
The company went public in 2006, trading on the NASDAQ as FSLR. It has been listed on the Photovoltaik Global 30 Index since the beginning of this stock index in 2009. Its current chief executive is Mark Widmar, who succeeded the previous CEO, James Hughes, on July 1, 2016.
First Solar operates three manufacturing facilities in Ohio, one in Alabama, and one in Louisiana. As of March 2026, the company had approximately 14 GW of annual domestic nameplate capacity. Wikipedia
About First Solar Inc
CEOMark R Widmar
Employees7.9K
Founded1999
HeadquartersTempe, Arizona, United States
SectorSemiconductor
Websitefirstsolar.com
Analyst ratings
Based on 25 analysts giving stock ratings to FSLR in the past 3 months
Strong buy
Buy
20
Hold
4
Sell
1
12-month forecast
Based on 25 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for FSLR in the last 3 months.
Highest
Current $182.05
$330.00 (+81.27%)
Average
$258.04 (+41.74%)
Lowest
$161.00 (-11.56%)
Analyst | Recommendation | Action | Price target | Projected | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maheep Mandloi Mizuho Securities | Buy | Maintained | $328.00 | +80.2% | 11/02/2026 |
Vikram Bagri Citi | Buy | Maintained | $283.00 | +55.5% | 11/02/2026 |
Christine Cho CFA Barclays | Buy | Maintained | $230.00 | +26.3% | 11/02/2026 |
Dmitriy Pozdnyakov Freedom Capital Markets | Buy | Maintained | $248.00 | +36.2% | 10/30/2026 |
Mark Strouse J.P. Morgan | Buy | Maintained | $233.00 | +28% | 10/30/2026 |
Philip Shen Roth MKM | Buy | Reiterated | $300.00 | +64.8% | 10/30/2026 |
Gordon Johnson GLJ Research | Hold | Downgraded | $161.00 | -11.6% | 10/30/2026 |
Chris Dendrinos RBC Capital | Buy | Maintained | $232.00 | +27.4% | 10/30/2026 |
David Arcaro Morgan Stanley | Buy | Maintained | $307.00 | +68.6% | 10/30/2026 |
Nicholas Amicucci Evercore ISI | Hold | Maintained | $189.00 | +3.8% | 10/30/2026 |
Jon Windham UBS | Buy | Maintained | $330.00 | +81.3% | 10/29/2026 |
Ben Kallo Robert W. Baird | Buy | Maintained | $266.00 | +46.1% | 10/30/2026 |
Sean Milligan Needham | Buy | Maintained | $236.00 | +29.6% | 10/30/2026 |
Praneeth Satish Wells Fargo | Buy | Maintained | $260.00 | +42.8% | 10/29/2026 |
Sophie Karp KeyBanc | Hold | Maintained | - | - | 10/30/2026 |
Ameet Thakkar BMO Capital | Buy | Reiterated | $255.00 | +40.1% | 10/30/2026 |
Joseph Osha Guggenheim | Buy | Maintained | $297.00 | +63.1% | 10/30/2026 |
Christopher Souther Truist Financial | Buy | Reiterated | $270.00 | +48.3% | 10/20/2026 |
Brian K. Lee Goldman Sachs | Buy | Maintained | $272.00 | +49.4% | 10/08/2026 |
Dimple Gosai Piper Sandler | Buy | Reiterated | $251.00 | +37.9% | 09/30/2026 |
Aristotelis Moutopoulos DZ BANK AG | Sell | Maintained | $185.00 | +1.6% | 09/09/2026 |
Unknown Analyst Argus Research | Buy | Maintained | $275.00 | +51.1% | 08/25/2026 |
Corinne Blanchard Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained | $299.00 | +64.2% | 08/26/2026 |
Daniel Yang HSBC | Buy | Upgraded | - | - | 08/07/2026 |
Julien Dumoulin Smith Jefferies | Hold | Maintained | $228.00 | +25.2% | 08/07/2026 |
Jed Dorsheimer William Blair | Hold | Maintained | - | - | 07/31/2026 |
Colin Rusch Oppenheimer | Hold | Maintained | - | - | 07/31/2026 |
Jeff Osborne TD Cowen | Buy | Reiterated | $253.00 | +39% | 07/31/2026 |
Unknown Analyst Truist Financial | Hold | Initiated | $249.00 | +36.8% | 07/13/2026 |
Charles Minervino Susquehanna | Buy | Maintained | $270.00 | +48.3% | 07/10/2026 |
Sunaina Ocalan Bernstein | Sell | Maintained | - | - | 06/26/2026 |
Unknown Analyst Bernstein | Sell | Initiated | $217.00 | +19.2% | 06/16/2026 |
Unknown Analyst Wells Fargo | Buy | Maintained | $255.00 | +40.1% | 02/26/2026 |
Last report
Oct 29, 2026
Fiscal period
Q3 2026
- Normalized EPS / Est. (USD)
- GAAP EPS / Est. (USD)
$5.30 / $4.67
+13.45%beat
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Revenue / Est. (USD)
1.23B / 1.29B
-4.47%miss
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At a glance
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Income statement
Revenue
Net income
- Quarterly
- Annual
All values in USD | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
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Revenue | 1.68B | 1.04B | 1.06B | 1.23B |
Cost of goods sold | 1.02B | 558.11M | 451.19M | 517.88M |
Cost of revenue | 1.02B | 558.11M | 451.19M | 517.88M |
Research and development expenses | 65.95M | 66.94M | 76.24M | 67.22M |
Total research and development expenses | - | - | - | - |
Selling, general, and admin expenses | 50.68M | 65.33M | 51.95M | 65.33M |
Operating expense | 117.42M | 140.83M | 154.62M | 166.95M |
Total operating expenses | 1.13B | 698.94M | 605.81M | 684.83M |
Operating income | 547.92M | 345.30M | 450.39M | 546.11M |
Other non operating income | -4.41M | -3.44M | -1.38M | 1.31M |
EBT including unusual items | 551.34M | 354.33M | 459.38M | 566.03M |
EBT excluding unusual items | 551.35M | 355.07M | 459.38M | 566.03M |
Income tax expense | 30.46M | 7.72M | 36.81M | -5.03M |
Effective tax rate | 5.52% | 2.18% | 8.01% | -0.89% |
Other operating expenses | - | - | - | - |
Net income | 520.88M | 346.62M | 422.57M | 571.06M |
Net profit margin | 30.95% | 33.19% | 40.01% | 46.39% |
Earnings per share | 4.84 | 3.22 | 3.92 | 5.30 |
Interest and investment income | 27.49M | 28.86M | 29.92M | 24.15M |
Interest expense | -11.30M | -7.62M | -5.56M | -2.39M |
Net interest expenses | 16.19M | 21.25M | 24.36M | 21.76M |
Depreciation and amortization charges | - | - | - | - |
EBITDA | 688.55M | 492.70M | 598.23M | 694.14M |
Gain or loss from assets sale | - | - | - | - |
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