NASDAQ:FSLR - First Solar Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Solar trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FSLR."

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.77. The solar cell manufacturer earned $547 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $995.41 million. First Solar had a negative net margin of 0.14% and a negative return on equity of 0.07%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.54 earnings per share. View First Solar's Earnings History.

First Solar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Solar.

First Solar will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for First Solar's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect First Solar's share price to reach $70.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Solar.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Solar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for First Solar.

News headlines about FSLR stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Solar earned a news sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for First Solar.

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First Solar's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (3.03%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.21%), State Street Corp (2.00%), Schroder Investment Management Group (0.95%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.91%) and Polunin Capital Partners Ltd (0.88%). Company insiders that own First Solar stock include Alexander R Bradley, Bryan Robert Schumaker, Byron Michael Jeffers, Christopher Bueter, George A Hambro, 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 Masters Capital Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership. Company insiders that have sold First Solar company stock in the last year 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 Insider Buying and Selling for First Solar.

FSLR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, FMR LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Schroder Investment Management Group, Captrust Financial Advisors, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS and CI Investments Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $55.65.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $5.87 billion and generates $2.24 billion in revenue each year. The solar cell manufacturer earns $144.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis. First Solar employs 6,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About First Solar.

The official website for First Solar is http://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]