FSLR
First Solar Inc
179.80$
+2.1%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 6, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31.2 | – | 291.9 | – | – | 88.6 | 53.3 | 31.7 | 26.6 | 18.0 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 41.3 | 38.5 | 148.8 | – | 559.6 | 130.4 | 36.6 | 22.3 | 17.7 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 14.6 | |
| 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | |
| 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | |
| 4.5 | – | – | – | – | 15.2 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 24.9 | 13.2 | 38.2 | 25.3 | 23.5 | 44.8 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 10.2 | 28.8 | 50.5 | 58.2 | 45.2 | 20.3 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 8.3 | 9.7 | |
| – | – | 7.9 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 33.8 | 12.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38.6 | 23.7 | 12.7 | 16.9 | |
| -6.1% | -0.7% | 12.7% | 5.8% | 17.4% | 11.7% | 3.0% | 7.8% | -10.1% | -23.7% | -23.4% | -20.2% | -23.3% | -8.4% | -17.2% | -8.6% | 2.1% | -3.6% | -1.4% | -0.9% | -0.4% | -3.2% | -2.5% | -5.8% | -4.7% | -0.2% | -0.6% | -2.5% | -3.1% | -4.2% | -2.9% | -0.9% | -2.2% | -1.6% | -7.2% | -5.3% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 7.9% | 5.9% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.6% | 22.0% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 16.9% | 18.7% | 24.4% | 22.5% | 18.8% | 17.5% | 9.9% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 17.9% | 20.9% | 22.4% | 24.4% | 25.1% | 26.0% | 27.3% | 24.5% | 25.0% | 22.4% | 14.5% | 10.1% | 2.7% | 6.1% | 16.9% | 27.2% | 39.2% | 43.1% | 45.8% | 46.5% | 44.2% | 43.6% | 42.8% | 40.0% | 40.6% | 41.7% | 44.0% | |
| 14.8% | -19.6% | -25.9% | -29.4% | -20.7% | 6.0% | 9.9% | 6.2% | -0.3% | 1.8% | -5.0% | -0.6% | -1.4% | -5.3% | -2.7% | -0.8% | 4.1% | 11.7% | 19.0% | 21.1% | 18.0% | 20.1% | 11.1% | 12.5% | 7.6% | -1.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 13.1% | 25.8% | 30.4% | 34.2% | 34.7% | 33.2% | 32.2% | 31.3% | 29.8% | 30.6% | 31.8% | 33.6% | |
| 13.5% | -14.3% | -20.6% | -21.3% | -16.5% | -5.6% | -3.5% | -8.3% | -18.0% | 6.4% | -0.3% | 1.0% | -0.1% | -3.8% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 6.4% | 14.7% | 17.3% | 19.0% | 17.3% | 16.0% | 8.7% | 7.6% | 3.8% | -1.7% | 1.5% | 5.2% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 28.8% | 32.0% | 32.4% | 30.7% | 29.7% | 29.0% | 27.7% | 29.3% | 30.7% | 32.5% | |
| -6.2% | -0.8% | 12.3% | 9.5% | 28.8% | 28.1% | 8.5% | 18.7% | -27.3% | -47.5% | -58.7% | -56.2% | -60.8% | -16.1% | -21.5% | -14.6% | 4.2% | -14.0% | -4.4% | -2.8% | -1.7% | -10.4% | -9.1% | -17.1% | -26.1% | -1.2% | -5.1% | -16.9% | -16.8% | -23.6% | -14.7% | -6.0% | -15.4% | -7.3% | -22.9% | -21.7% | 12.2% | 22.7% | 30.8% | 27.9% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.2% | -8.0% | -11.5% | -10.2% | -8.8% | -3.2% | -1.8% | -3.8% | -6.6% | 2.8% | -0.1% | 0.5% | -0.1% | -2.3% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 4.1% | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 1.6% | -0.8% | 0.7% | 2.6% | 7.5% | 12.4% | 14.8% | 16.6% | 16.4% | 16.2% | 15.5% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 16.0% | 16.9% | 16.9% | |
| 6.7% | -6.1% | -9.1% | -8.1% | -6.9% | -2.4% | -1.3% | -2.7% | -4.8% | 2.0% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -1.5% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 7.3% | 7.8% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.3% | -0.5% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 12.5% | 13.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -593 | -1,348 | -1,347 | -1,158 | -1,645 | -1,845 | -1,414 | -1,560 | -963 | -928 | -430 | -729 | -387 | -870 | -445 | -573 | -1,002 | -934 | -699 | -1,054 | -1,075 | -1,198 | -1,061 | -1,517 | -882 | -1,288 | -577 | -383 | -984 | -1,376 | -1,052 | -1,133 | -410 | -998 | -299 | -136 | -1,225 | -2,305 | -1,937 | -1,636 | |
| -0.8 | – | – | – | – | -5.4 | -3.4 | -5.0 | -5.7 | -3.4 | -3.2 | -3.0 | -1.6 | -7.7 | -2.4 | -2.4 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -1.4 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -1.9 | -4.4 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.7 | |
| 73.5% | 75.9% | 79.2% | 79.2% | 78.1% | 74.3% | 75.4% | 72.7% | 72.9% | 73.2% | 70.7% | 71.9% | 73.5% | 67.8% | 74.4% | 73.9% | 77.3% | 77.7% | 80.1% | 79.8% | 80.2% | 80.4% | 79.4% | 79.5% | 77.8% | 70.7% | 68.5% | 67.1% | 65.8% | 64.5% | 64.1% | 65.9% | 66.4% | 65.8% | 67.6% | 66.5% | 67.0% | 71.6% | 74.0% | 77.1% | |
| 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.26 | -4.00 | -5.77 | -5.15 | -4.58 | -1.59 | -0.86 | -1.83 | -3.20 | 1.36 | -0.06 | 0.23 | -0.03 | -1.09 | 0.41 | 0.93 | 2.09 | 3.72 | 4.84 | 5.27 | 4.24 | 4.38 | 2.03 | 1.77 | 0.89 | -0.41 | 0.39 | 1.46 | 4.41 | 7.72 | 9.54 | 11.19 | 11.60 | 12.01 | 11.78 | 11.70 | 13.02 | 14.20 | 15.47 | 16.21 | |
| 39.04 | 27.94 | 27.97 | 24.16 | 27.76 | 28.16 | 24.62 | 21.98 | 17.82 | 21.21 | 21.03 | 23.58 | 22.17 | 29.05 | 28.79 | 29.31 | 32.80 | 25.35 | 27.90 | 27.79 | 24.56 | 27.32 | 23.37 | 23.15 | 23.68 | 24.57 | 26.14 | 27.87 | 29.42 | 30.85 | 33.19 | 35.01 | 35.80 | 39.09 | 39.63 | 40.40 | 46.97 | 48.48 | 50.35 | 49.92 | |
| 57.32 | 50.14 | 50.07 | 50.58 | 52.17 | 48.82 | 48.53 | 48.78 | 48.71 | 49.26 | 48.83 | 48.73 | 48.79 | 48.34 | 48.58 | 49.09 | 50.55 | 51.62 | 53.28 | 54.14 | 54.54 | 55.69 | 55.21 | 55.07 | 54.68 | 54.74 | 54.77 | 56.30 | 58.63 | 62.18 | 64.27 | 67.48 | 70.60 | 74.14 | 76.22 | 79.49 | 83.83 | 88.60 | 91.79 | 95.80 | |
| -2.41 | -0.22 | 3.44 | 2.29 | 8.00 | 7.91 | 2.10 | 4.10 | -4.87 | -10.08 | -12.34 | -13.24 | -13.49 | -4.69 | -6.20 | -4.27 | 1.38 | -3.55 | -1.23 | -0.79 | -0.42 | -2.83 | -2.13 | -3.96 | -6.18 | -0.28 | -1.33 | -4.70 | -4.93 | -7.29 | -4.89 | -2.09 | -5.50 | -2.86 | -9.09 | -8.77 | 5.71 | 11.03 | 15.50 | 13.92 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 6, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.