NASDAQ:FSLR - First 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 decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at $33.44. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Solar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for First Solar.

First Solar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Solar.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.87 by $0.85. The solar cell manufacturer earned $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.86 billion. First Solar had a positive return on equity of 3.06% and a negative net margin of 3.75%. First Solar's revenue was up 102.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share. View First Solar's earnings history.

First Solar updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.25-3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.7-2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.37 billion.

14 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for First Solar's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect First Solar's stock price to reach $63.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 90.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for First Solar.

Media stories about FSLR stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutFirst Solar.

First Solar saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 12,340,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the February 13th total of 11,330,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.4 days. Currently, 16.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View First Solar's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of FSLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.44.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $3.53 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. 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]