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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: $175.82 (-0.03, -0.01%)
Weekly Expected Move ±4.4%
$157 $164 $172 $180 $187
NASDAQ · Energy · Solar · Tech Score Sell · Power 46 · $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.

Revenue Segmentation

By Product / Service

By Geography

Revenue by Segment (5-Year Trend)

Income Trends

Revenue
$5.2B +24.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +14.0%
Gross Profit
$2.1B +14.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +25.5%
Operating Income
$1.6B +14.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: +38.1%
Net Income
$1.5B +18.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +30.9%
EPS (Diluted)
$14.21 +18.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: +30.7%
EBITDA
$2.2B +15.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +31.4%

Profit Margins

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Income Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$2.9B$2.6B$3.3B$4.2B$5.2B
YoY Growth+7.8%-10.4%+26.7%+26.7%+24.1%
Cost of Revenue$2.2B$2.5B$2.0B$2.3B$3.1B
Gross Profit$730M$70M$1.3B$1.9B$2.1B
Gross Margin25.0%2.7%39.2%44.2%40.6%
R&D Expenses$99M$113M$152M$191M$233M
SG&A Expenses$170M$165M$198M$188M$204M
Operating Expenses$143M$97M$443M$463M$523M
Operating Income$587M-$27M$857M$1.4B$1.6B
Operating Margin20.1%-1.0%25.8%33.2%30.6%
Interest Expense$13M$12M$13M$39M$44M
Income Before Tax$572M$9M$891M$1.4B$1.6B
Tax Expense$103M$53M$61M$114M$53M
Net Income$469M-$44M$831M$1.3B$1.5B
Net Margin16.0%-1.7%25.0%30.7%29.3%
EPS (Diluted)$4.38$-0.41$7.74$12.02$14.21
EBITDA$845M$291M$1.2B$1.9B$2.2B
Shares Outstanding107M107M107M108M108M

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