First Solar Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Solar in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" First Solar stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FSLR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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First Solar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 29th 2021.
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First Solar will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 29th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 416-621-4642 with passcode "4994223".

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 29th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $1.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.96. The solar cell manufacturer had revenue of $803.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $694.80 million. First Solar had a net margin of 17.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.48%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share.
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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 (WHO). Since then, FSLR stock has increased by 117.4% and is now trading at $80.95.
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First Solar updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.050-4.750 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.370. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.85 billion-$3.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.94 billion.

16 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for First Solar's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $141.00. On average, they expect First Solar's stock price to reach $96.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price.
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118 employees have rated First Solar CEO Mark Widmar on Glassdoor.com. Mark Widmar has an approval rating of 96% among First Solar's employees. This puts Mark Widmar in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LaFleur & Godfrey LLC (0.11%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%), Clean Yield Group (0.01%), Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.01%) and Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA (0.01%). Company insiders that own First Solar stock include Alexander R Bradley, Byron Michael Jeffers, George A Hambro, Georges Antoun, Lukas T Walton, Mark R Widmar, Markus Gloeckler, Michael Koralewski, 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 Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold First Solar company stock in the last year include Alexander R Bradley, Byron Michael Jeffers, George A Hambro, Georges Antoun, Lukas T Walton, Mark R Widmar, Markus Gloeckler, Michael Koralewski, Philip Dejong, R Craig Kennedy, and Raffi Garabedian.
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FSLR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LaFleur & Godfrey LLC, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA, New England Research & Management Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and Clean Yield Group.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FSLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.95.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion and generates $2.71 billion in revenue each year. The solar cell manufacturer earns $398.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.73 on an earnings per share basis.

First Solar employs 5,100 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of First Solar: First Solar (Australia) Pty Ltd, First Solar Asset Management LLC, First Solar Development (Canada) Inc., First Solar Development LLC, First Solar Electric (California) Inc., First Solar Electric LLC, First Solar Energía Limitada, First Solar FE Holdings Pte Ltd, First Solar GmbH, First Solar Holdings GmbH, First Solar Japan GK, First Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., First Solar Manufacturing GmbH, First Solar Power India Private Limited, First Solar Vietnam Holdings Pte. Ltd., First Solar Vietnam Manufacturing Co Ltd, NextLight Renewable Power, OptiSolar R&D, Parque Solar Fotovoltaico Luz del Norte SpA, PrimeStar Solar, and RayTracker.

First Solar was founded in 1999.

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

First Solar is headquartered at 350 WEST WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 600, TEMPE AZ, 85281.

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) 662-6899 or via email at [email protected]