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 shares have increased by 22.3% and is now trading at $45.52. 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 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 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, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Solar.

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

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for First Solar's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate First Solar's share price to reach $56.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for First Solar.

News stories about FSLR stock have trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Solar earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the solar cell manufacturer a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutFirst Solar.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.79%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.68%), Invesco Ltd. (3.10%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.26%), State Street Corp (2.00%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.99%). 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 Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Luminus Management LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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, Philip Dejong, R Craig Kennedy, and Raffi Garabedian. View insider buying and selling activity for First Solar.

FSLR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Wellington Management Group LLP, Franklin Resources Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Robecosam AG, Geode Capital Management LLC, and AQR Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for First Solar.

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One share of FSLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.52.

First Solar has a market capitalization of $4.82 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]