First Solar, Inc. (FSLR): Price and Financial Metrics

FSLR POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where FSLR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 91.27% of US stocks.
• FSLR's strongest trending metric is Sentiment; it's been moving up over the last 177 days.
• FSLR's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 7.01% of US stocks).

FSLR Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 72.26, FIRST SOLAR INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about 94.46% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• The price/operating cash flow metric for FIRST SOLAR INC is higher than 91.67% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -37.29%, FIRST SOLAR INC's debt growth rate surpasses merely 8.85% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to FSLR, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are DOX, TRMB, CMBM, THRM, and JKHY.
• FSLR's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit FIRST SOLAR INC's official web site, go to www.firstsolar.com.

FSLR Valuation Summary

• FSLR's price/earnings ratio is 76.5; this is 259.15% higher than that of the median Technology stock.
• FSLR's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 219.4 over the prior 193 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FSLR.

FSLR Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 42.72%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -91.36%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -49.04%.

Over the past 52 months, FSLR's revenue has gone down $137,980,000.

The table below shows FSLR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	2,478.818	288.967	189.123
2022-03-31	2,487.043	378.198	215.767
2021-12-31	2,923.377	237.559	468.693
2021-09-30	2,625.29	389.41	453.026
2021-06-30	2,969.351	291.986	562.86
2021-03-31	2,982.582	262.506	517.322

FSLR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FSLR has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 66.61% of graded US stocks.
• FSLR's asset turnover comes in at 0.417 -- ranking 156th of 208 Electronic Equipment stocks.
• APH, BELFA, and JCS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FSLR.

The table below shows FSLR's key quality metrics over time.