US stock · Technology sector · Solar
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First Solar, Inc.
FSLR207.98
USD
-2.03
(-0.97%)
Market Open
-522.00P/E
16Forward P/E
-24.72P/E to S&P500
22.173BMarket CAP
- -Div Yield
Upcoming Earnings
26 Apr-1 May
Shares Short
3/15/23
4.96M
Short % of Float
5.37%
Short % of Shares Outs.
4.66%
% Held by Insiders
5.29%
% Held by Institutions
85.17%
Beta
1.36
PEG Ratio
5.19
52w. high/low
218.25/59.60
Avg. Daily Volume
2.83M
Return %
Stock
S&P 500
1 year
166.01
(9.05)
3 years
451.86
50.26
5 years
192.37
38.50
Scale: |
High
Low
317.00
85.28
207.51
100.90
153.30
98.71
175.45
29.87
50.20
11.43
65.99
24.46
74.84
40.54
67.80
39.18
74.29
28.60
71.80
25.56
81.72
36.51
69.23
41.41
109.09
28.47
123.13
67.71
173.68
59.60
218.25
141.81
Currency: USD
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Revenue per share
6.75
15.54
24.74
30.20
32.14
38.78
35.32
33.90
35.48
28.69
28.19
21.42
29.09
25.61
27.50
24.58
Earnings per share
- -
4.34
7.67
7.82
(0.46)
(1.11)
3.77
3.97
5.42
(3.48)
(1.59)
1.38
(1.09)
3.76
4.41
(0.41)
FCF per share
(0.49)
0.05
4.73
1.37
(8.89)
4.41
6.12
4.23
(5.23)
(0.22)
7.92
(10.18)
(4.70)
(3.58)
(2.85)
(0.28)
Dividends per share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
CAPEX per share
3.24
5.73
3.35
6.94
8.50
4.37
3.02
2.57
1.65
2.23
4.93
7.06
6.35
3.94
5.08
8.48
Book Value per sh.
14.69
18.87
31.77
40.70
42.34
41.51
48.06
50.25
55.00
50.67
48.87
49.76
48.40
52.15
56.05
54.77
Comm.Shares outs.
75
80
84
85
86
87
94
100
101
103
104
105
105
106
106
107
Avg. annual P/E ratio
Infinity
49.8
19.2
16.3
(238.0)
(22.3)
11.5
15.3
9.6
(14.3)
(27.2)
41.8
(52.5)
16.4
20.9
(244.5)
P/E to S&P500
Infinity
2.3
0.3
0.8
(14.6)
(1.5)
0.7
0.8
0.5
(0.6)
(1.2)
1.7
(2.2)
0.4
0.7
(11.5)
Avg. annual div. yield
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Revenue (m)
504
1,246
2,066
2,564
2,766
3,369
3,309
3,392
3,579
2,951
2,941
2,244
3,063
2,711
2,923
2,619
Operating margin
27.2%
35.2%
32.9%
29.2%
(2.5)%
(1.1)%
11.1%
12.5%
14.4%
(17.0)%
6.0%
1.8%
(5.3)%
11.7%
20.1%
(1.0)%
Depreciation (m)
24
61
130
156
235
263
234
246
258
231
115
131
205
233
260
270
Net profit (m)
- -
348
640
664
(39)
(96)
353
397
546
(358)
(166)
144
(115)
398
469
(44)
Income tax rate
100.0%
24.9%
6.7%
12.8%
26.5%
(142.0)%
6.7%
7.0%
(1.2)%
(12.3)%
184.1%
3.0%
4.6%
36.6%
18.1%
613.7%
Net profit margin
- -
27.9%
31.0%
25.9%
(1.4)%
(2.9)%
10.7%
11.7%
15.3%
(12.1)%
(5.6)%
6.4%
(3.8)%
14.7%
16.0%
(1.7)%
Working capital (m)
621
696
956
1,115
1,640
1,731
2,205
2,189
2,385
2,887
3,182
3,014
2,282
2,167
2,464
2,753
Long-term debt (m)
69
164
146
211
619
500
163
165
251
160
424
461
454
42
236
184
Equity (m)
1,097
1,513
2,653
3,455
3,644
3,606
4,503
5,027
5,548
5,213
5,099
5,212
5,097
5,521
5,960
5,836
ROIC
- -
20.1%
21.8%
17.0%
(0.8)%
(1.2)%
6.7%
7.0%
8.7%
(5.3)%
(3.1)%
2.7%
(1.4)%
5.4%
7.2%
(1.5)%
Return on capital
8.2%
21.9%
20.6%
17.4%
(0.9)%
(0.4)%
5.5%
6.4%
7.5%
(4.1)%
3.4%
2.4%
(1.2)%
7.5%
7.9%
0.3%
Return on equity
- -
23.0%
24.1%
19.2%
(1.1)%
(2.7)%
7.8%
7.9%
9.8%
(6.9)%
(3.2)%
2.8%
(2.3)%
7.2%
7.9%
(0.8)%
Plowback ratio
- -
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Div.&Repurch./FCF
1,032.8%
(422.4)%
- -
- -
- -
- -
(74.7)%
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Capital Structure
28 Feb · 2023 | Q3
All numbers in millions
Total liabilities
$ 2,415
Total assets
$ 8,251
Long-term debt
$ 184
Cash and equiv.
$ 1,481
Goodwill
$ 14
Retained earnings
$ 3,140
Common stock
107
Enterprise Value
$ 20,876
Working Capital
Currency: USD, in millions
2020
2021
2022
Cash & Investments
1,492
1,826
2,578
Receivables
269
455
324
Inventory
568
666
621
Other
686
468
522
Current assets
3,015
3,191
3,791
Acc. Payable
183
193
341
Debt due
56
4
- -
Other
609
530
697
Current liabilities
847
727
1,038
Annual growth rates
(avg. rate of change)
1 year
5 years
10 years
Revenue
(10.40)%
5.61%
(1.24)%
Cash flow
(90.01)%
(46.78)%
(500.33)%
Earnings
(109.42)%
(179.50)%
(119.37)%
Dividends
- -
- -
- -
Book value
(2.07)%
2.99%
3.11%
Insider Trading
Type
Shares
Date
Chapman Richard D
Sale
7,500
03/08/23
Dymbort Jason E.
Sale
965
03/07/23
Jeffers Byron Michael
Sale
1,281
03/07/23
Kennedy R Craig
Sale
1,500
03/07/23
Wright Norman L.
Purchase
465
03/07/23
Quarterly Revenue
Currency: USD, in millions
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
532
642
928
609
2,711
2021
803
629
584
907
2,923
2022
367
621
1,002
- -
- -
Earnings per share
Currency: USD
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
0.86
0.35
1.46
1.09
3.76
2021
1.97
0.78
0.43
1.24
4.41
2022
(0.41)
0.52
(0.07)
- -
- -
Quarterly dividends paid
Currency: USD
Year
1Q
2Q
3Q
4Q
Total
2020
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2021
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2022
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Company Description
Sector:
Technology
Industry:
Solar
CEO:
Mr. Mark R. Widmar
Full-time employees:
4,800
City:
Tempe
Address:
350 West Washington Street
First Solar, Inc. provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United State, Japan, France, Canada, India, Australia, and internationally. The company designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that converts sunlight into electricity. It serves developers and operators of systems, utilities, independent power producers, commercial and industrial companies, and other system owners. The company was formerly known as First Solar Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to First Solar, Inc. in 2006. First Solar, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.
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