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

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

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The solar cell manufacturer reported $2.02 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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 negative net margin of 3.75% and a positive return on equity of 3.05%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 102.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share. View First Solar's Earnings History.

First Solar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for First Solar.

First Solar updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.25-3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for First Solar's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate First Solar's share price to reach $66.92 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for First Solar.

13 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 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for First Solar.

Press coverage about FSLR stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for First Solar.

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First Solar's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, Robecosam AG, FMR LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Schroder Investment Management Group, Captrust Financial Advisors, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $50.59.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $5.33 billion and generates $3.06 billion in revenue each year. The solar cell manufacturer earns $144.33 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 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]