Stock Research: First Solar

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First Solar

NasdaqGS:FSLR US3364331070
93
  • Value
    91
  • Growth
    43
  • Safety
    Safety
    63
  • Combined
    87
  • Sentiment
    76
  • 360° View
    360° View
    93
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Company Description

First Solar, Inc. is a solar technology and manufacturing company focused on thin film PV technology. It operates in the solar energy industry, designing, manufacturing, and selling CdTe solar modules. The company's products are sold to system developers, independent power producers, utilities, and commercial and industrial companies. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $18,457 million, profits of $1,858 million, and revenue of $4,206 million, with 8100 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 93 (better than 93% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock First Solar are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the indicators below and half above average for First Solar. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 63, which means that the share price of First Solar is on the lower side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 63% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 91. In addition, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 76. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 43, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth and momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. 57 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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Low Waste
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Solar Tech
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Last update: 2-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
63 69 61 51
Growth
43 75 81 7
Safety
Safety
91 82 43 88
Sentiment
76 76 67 1
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93 92 77 11
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
83 91 84 15
Opinions Change
56 49 64 30
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 83 50
Market Pulse
9 13 8 4
Sentiment
76 76 67 1
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
63 69 61 51
Growth
43 75 81 7
Safety Safety
91 82 43 88
Combined
87 95 74 46
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
100 100 90 25
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
43 42 45 61
Price vs. Book (P/B)
67 60 66 85
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
63 69 61 51
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
74 92 84 1
Profit Growth
63 82 100 19
Capital Growth
24 11 49 48
Stock Returns
35 69 43 29
Growth
43 75 81 7
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
66 68 76 74
Refinancing
47 43 47 77
Liquidity
93 90 9 67
Safety Safety
91 82 43 88

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