
First Solar, Inc.: stock overview
Price
$171.39
November 13, 2026Market cap $18.4B
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In short
First Solar had revenue of $5.0B over the last 12 months and net income of $1.9B, a net margin of 37.1%. Revenue grew by 14.0% a year on average over the last 5 years. At $171.39 the shares trade at a P/E of 9.9, against a median of 19.1 over the last 4 fiscal years. It holds more cash than debt, by $1.5B. It pays no dividend.
From its SEC filings (latest fiscal year to December 31, 2025) and the price of November 13, 2026.
Its SEC filings- Market cap
- $18.4B
- 107M shares
- P/E
- 9.9
- Today9.9Median19.1
- Revenue, 12 months
- $5.0B
- +14.0% a year over 5 years
- Net margin
- 37.1%
- 2025: 29.3%, above 96% of its industry
Worth knowing
What a holder would want to hear from the company's SEC filings of the last three years. Each with its filing, without comment.
3 fiscal years in figures
Each fiscal year's figures as the company filed them, and the share price at its end.
+25.4% a year over 2 years
Fiscal years in figures
FSLR's revenue, profit, cash flow and dividend with each year-end price, from FY2009 to 2022, 14 more fiscal years
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Key figures
The company's current figures in five groups. Each term is explained behind its ⓘ.
Valuation
- Market cap 3-year median: $18.9B
- $18.4B
- Enterprise value
- $16.9B
- P/E 3-year median: 18.4
- 9.9
- EV / EBIT
- 9.0
- EV / Revenue
- 3.4
- P/B 3-year median: 2.8
- 1.7
- FCF yield 3-year median: -1.6%
- 1.3%
- Earnings yield 3-year median: 5.4%
- 10.1%
Profitability
- Gross margin
- 49.3%
- Operating margin
- 37.7%
- Net margin 3-year median: 29.3%
- 37.1%
- ROIC
- 14.6%
- ROIC, 5-year average
- 8.4%
- ROE
- 18.8%
Growth
- Revenue, yearly change
- +24.1%
- EPS, yearly change
- +18.2%
- FCF, yearly change
- –
- Revenue, average a year
- +14.0%
- EPS, average a year
- +30.7%
The yearly change compares FY2025 with FY2024.
Balance sheet
- Cash
- $1.6B
- Total debt
- $325M
- Of which operating leases
- $181M
- Net cash
- $1.5B
- Net debt / EBITDA
- -0.6x
- Interest cover
- 70.3x
- Current ratio
- 2.57
Balance sheet of September 30, 2026.
Returns to shareholders
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- Buybacks
- –
- Total returned
- 0.00%
- Shares, yearly change
- +0.2%
Against its industry
Where its margins and returns stood in fiscal 2025 among the SEC filers of its industry (SIC code 36).
Gross margin
40.6%
Above 61% of the 179 companies in its industry, and 57% of all.
Operating margin
30.6%
Above 96% of the 189 companies in its industry, and 92% of all.
Net margin
29.3%
Above 96% of the 193 companies in its industry, and 90% of all.
ROE
16.0%
Above 78% of the 176 companies in its industry, and 78% of all.
ROA
11.5%
Above 85% of the 194 companies in its industry, and 90% of all.
Revenue growth
24.1%
Above 76% of the 183 companies in its industry, and 85% of all.
From the yearly figures every company files with the SEC, for those with revenue of at least $25 million. The industry is the first two digits of the SIC code.
The company at the SEC
How it is registered and when its fiscal year ends.
- Name at the SEC
- FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- CIK
- 1274494
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- Industry (SIC)
- 3674 · Semiconductors & Related Devices
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Latest annual report
- December 31, 2025
- Reporting currency
- USD
- Shares
- 107M
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The full analysis
What do First Solar's filings show?
These are First Solar's figures. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is FSLR's market cap?
First Solar, Inc.'s market cap is $18.4B, at a price of $171.39 on November 13, 2026 and 107M shares.
What is FSLR's P/E?
FSLR's P/E is 9.9, on earnings per share of $17.28 over the last 12 months. The median over the last 4 fiscal years was 19.1.
How much revenue does FSLR have?
First Solar had revenue of $5.0B over the last 12 months. Over the last 5 years it changed by +14.0% a year on average.
Does FSLR pay a dividend?
No. First Solar paid no regular dividend over the last 12 months.
Where do the figures come from?
From First Solar, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q) and the share price. They hold no analyst estimates and no score, and they are not a recommendation.
Related pages
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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.