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FSLR NASDAQ

First Solar, Inc.
1W: -2.1% 1M: -5.4% 3M: -17.0% YTD: -38.7% 1Y: -26.6% 3Y: +10.7% 5Y: +60.5%
$175.85
+7.70 (+4.58%)
After Hours: $175.60 (-0.25, -0.14%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.4%
$157 $164 $172 $180 $187
NASDAQ · Energy · Solar · Tech Score Sell · Power 46 · $18.9B mcap · 102M float · 2.15% daily turnover · Short 60% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 85% of companies Debt: 1.1% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.08 (down more than 99.9%), First Solar, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $194.0M against a stock market value of $18.07B.
Distance to default 11.17 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $37.6M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 54.4%; Altman Z 5.47. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Balance Sheet Trends

Total Assets
$13.3B +9.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: +13.4%
Total Liabilities
$3.8B -8.8% ▼
5Y CAGR: +19.0%
Shareholders Equity
$9.5B +19.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +11.6%
Cash & Investments
$2.9B +59.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +10.3%
Total Debt
$499M -30.6% ▼
5Y CAGR: +0.7%
Net Debt
-$2.3B -155.4% ▼

Assets vs Liabilities & Equity

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Balance Sheet
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Assets —
Cash$1.5B$1.5B$1.9B$1.6B$2.8B
Short-Term Investments$375M$1.1B$155M$172M$52M
Cash & ST Investments$1.8B$2.6B$2.1B$1.8B$2.9B
Net Receivables$455M$330M$1.4B$1.8B$1.3B
Inventory$819M$783M$1.0B$1.3B$737M
Other Current Assets$21M$49M$43M$57M$1.1B
Total Current Assets$3.2B$3.8B$4.6B$5.1B$6.0B
Property, Plant & Equip.$3.1B$3.6B$4.5B$5.6B$5.7B
Goodwill & Intangibles$60M$46M$94M$83M$82M
Long-Term Investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other Non-Current Assets$1.0B$705M$995M$1.2B$1.3B
Total Non-Current Assets$4.2B$4.5B$5.7B$7.0B$7.3B
Total Assets$7.4B$8.3B$10.4B$12.1B$13.3B
— Liabilities —
Accounts Payable$193M$341M$207M$482M$406M
Short-Term Debt$4M$0$96M$236M$216M
Deferred Revenue$202M$263M$414M$712M$1.0B
Other Current Liabilities$48M$60M$66M$56M$618M
Total Current Liabilities$727M$1.0B$1.3B$2.1B$2.3B
Long-Term Debt$236M$184M$464M$373M$283M
Other Non-Current Liab.$222M$179M$219M$218M$1.2B
Total Non-Current Liabilities$727M$1.4B$2.4B$2.1B$1.5B
Total Liabilities$1.5B$2.4B$3.7B$4.1B$3.8B
— Equity —
Common Stock$106K$107K$107K$107K$107K
Retained Earnings$3.2B$3.1B$4.0B$5.3B$0
Accumulated OCI-$96M-$192M-$174M-$184M-$155M
Total Stockholders Equity$6.0B$5.8B$6.7B$8.0B$9.5B
Total Liabilities & Equity$7.4B$8.3B$10.4B$12.1B$13.3B
— Key Metrics —
Total Debt$399M$234M$624M$719M$499M
Net Debt-$1.1B-$1.2B-$1.3B-$903M-$2.3B
Total Investments$375M$1.1B$155M$172M$52M

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