First Solar, Inc.

FSLR Technology Solar

First Solar, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.2 billion, up 24.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−22.8%
EPS
+25.0%
Free cash flow
−118.5%
Total debt
−80.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

200.87 5.11 +2.61%
Market cap
$21.0B
P/E
11.6×
Fwd P/E
10.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
6.28
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
n/a

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) Free cash flow margin

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First Solar, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.64%, down 18.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −47.5% (fiscal 2018) to 28.1% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Solar industry median of −3.57% and above the Technology sector median of 0.59%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.8% 30.07
FY2024 −7.32% 16.32
FY2023 −23.6% (22.49)
FY2022 −1.15% 9.21
FY2021 −10.4% 3.64
FY2020 −14.0% 2.14
FY2019 −16.1% 31.39
FY2018 −47.5% (75.62)
FY2017 28.1% 28.87
FY2016 −0.78% 11.17

Against its own ten years

Low −47.5% High 28.1%
Ten-year median −10.4%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
NXT Nextpower Inc. compare 13.4%
ARRY Array Technologies, Inc. compare 11.4%
ENPH Enphase Energy, Inc. compare 11.2%
SEDG SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. compare 5.71%
FSLR First Solar, Inc. 4.64%
JKS Jinko Holdings Limited - Unsponsored ADR compare 0.00%
SHLS Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. compare −5.33%
RUN Sunrun Inc. compare −36.9%
DQ DAQO New Energy Corp. compare −50.1%
Solar industry median −3.57%
Technology sector median 0.59%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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