NASDAQ:FSLRFirst Solar Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Solar's stock was trading at $37.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FSLR stock has increased by 55.9% and is now trading at $58.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for First Solar.

First Solar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Solar.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.61. The solar cell manufacturer earned $532 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $560.05 million. First Solar had a net margin of 1.42% and a return on equity of 6.13%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.64) earnings per share. View First Solar's earnings history.

14 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for First Solar's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect First Solar's share price to reach $56.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%. View analysts' price targets for First Solar.

Media headlines about FSLR stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Solar earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about First Solar.

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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 DNB Asset Management AS (0.42%), Robecosam AG (0.10%), Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. (0.02%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for First Solar.

FSLR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, DNB Asset Management AS, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.. 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, R Craig Kennedy, and Raffi Garabedian. View insider buying and selling activity for First Solar.

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 $58.06.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $6.15 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]