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First Solar Inc.
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203.47 (2.92%) 5.93
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Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
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 thin film semiconductor technology that provides conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It also designs manufactures and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that convert sunlight into electricity. The company serves system developers independent power producers utilities commercial and industrial companies large corporate energy buyers and other system owners and operators. The company was formerly known as First Solar Holdings Inc. and changed its name to First Solar Inc. in 2006. First Solar Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Phoenix Arizona.

Quality Checklist 7/8

ROIC > 10%
Debt/Equity < 1
Current Ratio > 1
Quick Ratio > 1
Net Margin > 10%
Past Net Income CAGR > 0%
Est. EPS Growth > 5%
5Y Shares Out Change < 0%
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Market cap: $21.83(B)
EV: $19.58(B)
Total Equity: $9.54(B)
Earnings date: Apr-28-2026
P/E: 14.28
Forward P/E: 11.14
P/FCF: 18.40
P/S: 4.18
P/B: 2.29
EPS: $14.3
EPS (fwd): $18.3
FCF/share: $11.1
Revenue/share: $48.7
Book value/share: $88.9
ROIC: 15.4%
ROA: 11.3%
ROE: 16.9%
Debt/Equity: 0.07
Current Ratio: 2.70
Gross margin: 40.6%
Operating margin: 29.8%
Net margin: 29.3%
Dividend/share: $0.0
Div. yield: 0.00%

TTM Financials

Income (TTM)

RevenueGrossNet
Revenue$5.22(B)
Gross profit$2.12(B)
EBITDA$2.13(B)
Net income$1.53(B)
Gross margin40.6%
Operating margin29.8%
Net margin29.3%
Shares outstanding107.31(M)

Balance sheet

Cash & ST inv.Other ST assetsLong term assetsCurrent liabilitiesLong term debtOther LT liabilitiesEquity
Total assets$13.32(B)
Current assets$6.03(B)
Total liabilities$3.78(B)
Current liabilities$2.25(B)
Cash & Short-term inv.$2.86(B)
Long-term debt$282.59(M)
Total intangibles$82.10(M)
PP&E$5.87(B)

Cash flow (TTM)

CFOCFICFF
FCF$1.19(B)
CapEx$-869.88(M)
Dividends paid$0
Stock issued$0
Stock repurchased$-15.53(M)
Stock-based comp.$19.22(M)
Debt issued$857.79(M)
Debt repaid$-960.69(M)

Per share data (TTM)

Price: $203
Revenue: $48.7 (4.2x | 23.9%) Gross profit: $19.8 (10.3x | 9.7%) Earnings: $14.3 (14.3x | 7.0%)
FCF: $11.1 (18.4x | 5.4%) Stock-based Comp.: $0.18 (1136.0x | 0.1%) CapEx.: $8.11 (25.1x | 4.0%) Dividend: $0.00 (N/A | 0.0%)
Total Assets: $124 (1.6x | 61.0%) Total Liabilities: $35.3 (5.8x | 17.3%) Book Value: $88.9 (2.3x | 43.7%) Cash & ST inv.: $26.6 (7.6x | 13.1%) Debt: $2.63 (77.3x | 1.3%)
Earnings FY+1: $18.3 (11.1x | 9.0%) Earnings FY+2: $24.5 (8.3x | 12.0%) Earnings FY+3: $29.3 (6.9x | 14.4%) Earnings FY+4: $33.2 (6.1x | 16.3%) Earnings FY+5: $27.3 (7.5x | 13.4%)
FCF FY+1: $-4.60 (-44.2x | -2.3%) FCF FY+2: $21.9 (9.3x | 10.8%) FCF FY+3: $30.5 (6.7x | 15.0%) FCF FY+4: $33.4 (6.1x | 16.4%) FCF FY+5: $28.4 (7.2x | 14.0%)

Summary