First Solar Inc
USUSDFirst Solar Inc (US:FSLR) — Semiconductors. Number of exchanges where the company shares trade: 4. On this page — price and chart, dividends, top holders and share count history.
About the company
- Website
- firstsolar.com
- Investor relations
- investor.firstsolar.com/
- Sector
- Technology · Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Tempe, United States
- Management
- Latest reports
- annual 2025 Annual Report of 2025 Annual Report, PDF file, (opens in new window)
- Employees
- 7 900
- Founded
- 1999
- IPO
- 2006-11-17
- Shares outstanding
- Free float
- 101.66 M
- Market cap
- 18.9 B USD
- Insiders
- 5.36%
- Institutions
- 96.42%
- Industry (SIC)
- Semiconductors & Related Devices
- Legal form
- XTIQ
- ISIN
- US3364331070
- LEI
- 549300NPYMLM4NHTOF27
- P/EP/E (Price / Earnings) — how many years of the company's profit you pay for a share. Calculated: current price ÷ net earnings per share over the last 12 months. Lower means cheaper relative to profit. Not calculated when the company has a loss (—).
- 11.4
- EPSEPS (Earnings Per Share) — the company's net profit over the last 12 months divided by the number of its shares, in the currency of this listing. A negative value (red) means a loss. P/E is the share price divided by EPS.
- 17.29 USD
- |P/B (price to book) — share price ÷ shareholders' equity per share from the latest balance sheet. Graham — as Benjamin Graham counted it: equity without goodwill, other intangible assets and preferred stock, that is tangible book value. He considered up to 1.5 acceptable for a defensive investor (green), or a product P/E × P/B up to 22.5. With negative tangible equity, Graham's P/B is not calculated.
- 1.941.96
- Graham numberGraham number — the highest price Benjamin Graham considered reasonable for a defensive investor: √(22.5 × EPS × tangible book value per share), where 22.5 = P/E 15 × P/B 1.5. A price below it (green) passes both of his limits at once. Not calculated with a loss or negative tangible equity.
- 198 USD price 0.6% below
- FCFFCF (Free Cash Flow) — money left to the company after operating costs and investment in equipment; dividends are safest when paid from it. Calculated: operating cash flow − capital expenditure, over the last 12 months, in the reporting currency.
- 233 M USD
- DebtDebt — all loans and bonds of the company per the latest report (short- and long-term), in the reporting currency. Below — how many years the company would need to repay net debt (debt minus cash) from its free cash flow: net debt ÷ FCF. Up to 3 years — good, 3–6 — moderate, over 6 — high. «Net cash» — net debt is negative.
- 0 USDnet cash
- Earnings and FCF — for the 12 months to 30.09.2026 (the company's latest report).
- Net income
- NAVNAV — net asset value by the balance sheet: the company's assets minus its liabilities, the share of the company's shareholders (without other owners' stakes in its subsidiaries). Shown per share, with P/NAV — how many times the share price exceeds NAV per share (below 1 — the share costs less than its net assets on the balance sheet). Click to see what NAV is made of and its history.
Description
First Solar, Inc., a solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, India, Chile, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells PV solar modules with thin film semiconductor technology that provides conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It also designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that convert sunlight into electricity. The company serves system developers, independent power producers, utilities, commercial and industrial companies, large corporate energy buyers, and other system owners and operators. 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 Phoenix, Arizona.
Exchanges and tickers
| Exchange | Ticker | Currency | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common stock | ||||
| US USA Stocks | FSLR primary | USD | 196.525 +1.04% | common stock |
| LSE London Stock Exchange | 0R06 IOB | USD | 174.095 +0.00% | common stock |
| MX Mexican Stock Exchange | FSLR secondary | MXN | 3 527.3799 +9.68% | common stock |
| XETRA Xetra | F3A secondary | EUR | 152.2 -2.56% | common stock |
| depositary receipt | ||||
| BK Stock Exchange of Thailand | FSLR03 | THB | 1.49 +2.76% | depositary receipt |
| SA B3 Sao Paulo | FSLR34 | BRL | 44.11 -3.98% | depositary receipt |
Top holders
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 13.06% | 14.03 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Capital Managem… | 6.36% | 6.84 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Manag… | 5.25% | 5.64 M | 2026-06-30 |
| State Street Corporation | 5.19% | 5.58 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Capital World Investors | 3.83% | 4.11 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 3.02% | 3.24 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Geode Capital Management… | 2.89% | 3.11 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Growth Fund of America | 2.61% | 2.8 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 2.59% | 2.78 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Hill City Capital, Lp | 2.45% | 2.63 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2.42% | 2.6 M | 2026-06-30 |
| FMR, LLC | 2.03% | 2.18 M | 2026-06-30 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.67% | 1.79 M | 2026-06-30 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Co… | 1.33% | 1.43 M | 2026-08-31 |
| Fidelity Concord Street… | 1.29% | 1.39 M | 2026-07-31 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-S… | 1.22% | 1.31 M | 2026-08-31 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 1.09% | 1.17 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Van… | 1.03% | 1.11 M | 2026-06-30 |
| VANGUARD WORLD FUND-Vang… | 1.01% | 1.08 M | 2026-05-31 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Gl… | 0.82% | 880 308 | 2026-07-31 |
| WIDMAR MARK R (Chief Exe… | ≈0.08% | 81 861 | 2026-05-26 |
| AHEARN MICHAEL J (Direct… | ≈0.06% | 69 330 | 2026-08-04 |
| BRADLEY ALEXANDER R. (Ch… | ≈0.03% | 30 712 | 2026-05-05 |
| STOCKDALE CAROLINE (Offi… | ≈0.02% | 23 792 | 2026-05-28 |
| ANTOUN GEORGES J (Office… | ≈0.02% | 19 918 | 2026-05-05 |
| JOSEPH MOLLY E. (Directo… | ≈0.02% | 16 195 | 2025-06-30 |
| SWEENEY MICHAEL T (Direc… | ≈0.01% | 14 325 | 2026-06-30 |
| DYMBORT JASON E (General… | ≈0.01% | 9 324 | 2026-05-06 |
| POST WILLIAM J. (Directo… | — | — | 2026-06-30 |
| STEBBINS PAUL H (Directo… | — | — | 2026-06-30 |
