NASDAQ:FSLRFirst Solar Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Solar's stock was trading at $37.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FSLR stock has increased by 99.3% and is now trading at $74.19.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.07. The solar cell manufacturer earned $642.41 million during 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 7.18%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.18) earnings per share.
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15 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for First Solar's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect First Solar's share price to reach $61.69 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.8%.
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News stories about FSLR stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Solar earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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First Solar saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume of 1,370,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.4 days. Approximately 15.2% of the company's shares 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Polunin Capital Partners Ltd (0.87%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.42%), Trillium Asset Management LLC (0.42%), North Growth Management Ltd. (0.27%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.27%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.24%). 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, Prudential Financial Inc., Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC, and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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, Boston Common Asset Management LLC, Duality Advisers LP, Swiss National Bank, Trillium Asset Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S, and BTC Capital Management 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 $74.19.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $7.86 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]