NASDAQ:FSLRFirst Solar Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Solar's stock was trading at $37.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FSLR shares have increased by 95.9% and is now trading at $72.93.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Solar in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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First Solar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.07. The solar cell manufacturer had revenue of $642.41 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $490.53 million. First Solar had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 7.20%. First Solar's revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.18) earnings per share.
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15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for First Solar's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect First Solar's stock price to reach $61.69 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.4%.
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News stories about FSLR stock have trended very negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. First Solar earned a news impact score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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First Solar saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,490,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the July 15th total of 10,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,370,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.4 days. Approximately 15.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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First Solar trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FSLR."

First Solar's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Polunin Capital Partners Ltd (0.87%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.42%), Trillium Asset Management LLC (0.42%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.27%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.24%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.22%). Company insiders that own First Solar stock include Alexander R Bradley, Byron Michael Jeffers, Christopher Bueter, Georges Antoun, Mark R Widmar, Paul J Kaleta, Philip Dejong, R Craig Kennedy and Raffi Garabedian.
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FSLR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold First Solar company stock in the last year include Alexander R Bradley, Byron Michael Jeffers, Georges Antoun, Mark R Widmar, Philip Dejong, and Raffi Garabedian.
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FSLR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Duality Advisers LP, Swiss National Bank, Trillium Asset Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S, BTC Capital Management Inc., and K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc.
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Shares of FSLR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FSLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.93.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $7.72 billion and generates $3.06 billion in revenue each year. The solar cell manufacturer earns $-114,930,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. First Solar employs 6,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Solar is www.firstsolar.com.

First Solar's mailing address is 350 WEST WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 600, TEMPE AZ, 85281. The solar cell manufacturer can be reached via phone at 602-414-9300 or via email at [email protected]