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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: $175.26 (-0.59, -0.34%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.4%
$157 $164 $172 $180 $187
NASDAQ · Energy · Solar · Tech Score Sell · Power 48 · $18.1B mcap · 102M float · 2.14% 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.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$2.1B +68.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: +123.2%
Capital Expenditures
$870M +43.0% ▲
5Y CAGR: +15.9%
Free Cash Flow
$1.2B +485.4% ▲
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$16M +23.1% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$1.2B +459.7% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$469M-$44M$831M$1.3B$1.5B
Depreciation & Amort.$260M$270M$308M$423M$529M
Stock-Based Comp.$21M$29M$34M$28M$19M
Change in Working Capital-$337M$999M-$527M-$483M$128M
Other Non-Cash Items-$225M-$367M$17M$12M-$173M
Operating Cash Flow$238M$873M$602M$1.2B$2.1B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$540M-$904M-$1.4B-$1.5B-$870M
Acquisitions (Net)$300M$442M-$28M$0$0
Investment Purchases-$2.1B-$3.4B-$3.6B-$2.5B-$1.5B
Investment Sales$2.3B$2.6B$4.6B$2.5B$1.7B
Other Investing-$7M-$3M-$9M-$13M-$8M
Investing Cash Flow-$99M-$1.2B-$473M-$1.6B-$765M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$57M$321M$368M$53M-$103M
Stock Repurchased-$16M-$12M-$31M-$20M-$16M
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing$0$0$0-$8M-$810K
Financing Cash Flow$41M$309M$337M$25M-$119M
Net Change in Cash$182M$38M$472M-$327M$1.2B
Cash End of Period$1.5B$1.5B$2.0B$1.6B$2.8B
Free Cash Flow-$303M-$30M-$785M-$308M$1.2B

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