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First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) vs Nextpower Inc. (NXT)

First Solar, Inc. and Nextpower Inc. are both Solar companies. First Solar, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $21.0B against $15.0B — 1.4× the size. First Solar, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.4× against 24.5×. Nextpower Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.7% against −0.72%. First Solar, Inc. has the higher net margin (37.1% vs 16.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (12.6% vs 28.2%). Across the 22 metrics below, Nextpower Inc. leads on 13 and First Solar, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
P/E 11.37 24.47 11.37
P/S 4.22 3.94 0.60
P/B 1.95 5.72 0.90
Price to free cash flow 90.94 29.52 15.06
EV/EBITDA 8.01 18.48 10.71
EV/Sales 3.97 3.71 0.85
Earnings yield 8.80% 4.09% (16.54%)
Free cash flow yield 1.10% 3.39% (1.15%)

Profitability

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
Gross margin 49.25% 33.04% 28.56%
Operating margin 37.69% 18.99% (7.89%)
Net margin 37.12% 15.98% (7.34%)
Free cash flow margin 4.64% 13.36% (1.48%)
Return on equity 18.71% 26.46% 7.14%
Return on assets 13.55% 14.75% (3.25%)
Return on invested capital 12.61% 28.16% (4.96%)

Growth

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.72%) 13.67% 10.49%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.22% 10.66% 51.53%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.00% 24.38% 13.86%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 30.85% 36.42% 0.00%

Health

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.57 2.23 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA (1.11) (1.50) 0.19

Dividend

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric FSLR NXT Solar median
Market cap 21.04b 14.99b 76.52m

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