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NASDAQ:FSLR

First Solar (FSLR) Competitors

$191.76
-5.06 (-2.57%)
(As of 06/7/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$189.51
$198.65
50-Day Range
$171.59
$231.69
52-Week Range
$60.77
$232.00
Volume
2.31 million shs
Average Volume
2.59 million shs
Market Capitalization
$20.49 billion
P/E Ratio
491.70
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$210.92

FSLR vs. ENPH, SEDG, WDS, EC, FANG, CTRA, PBA, OKE, TRGP, and HAL

Should you be buying First Solar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Solar include Enphase Energy (ENPH), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Ecopetrol (EC), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), ONEOK (OKE), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

First Solar vs.

First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) and Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Enphase Energy has a net margin of 18.83% compared to First Solar's net margin of 1.49%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 74.86% beat First Solar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Solar 1.49% 0.71% 0.53%
Enphase Energy 18.83% 74.86% 18.44%

First Solar presently has a consensus target price of $210.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.99%. Enphase Energy has a consensus target price of $280.48, suggesting a potential upside of 54.04%. Given Enphase Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enphase Energy is more favorable than First Solar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Solar
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Enphase Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

81.0% of First Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Enphase Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of First Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Enphase Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

First Solar has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, First Solar had 1 more articles in the media than Enphase Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for First Solar and 12 mentions for Enphase Energy. Enphase Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat First Solar's score of 0.31 indicating that Enphase Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Solar
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Enphase Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Solar received 322 more outperform votes than Enphase Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.43% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote while only 55.47% of users gave First Solar an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First SolarOutperform Votes
1055
55.47%
Underperform Votes
847
44.53%
Enphase EnergyOutperform Votes
733
67.43%
Underperform Votes
354
32.57%

Enphase Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Solar. Enphase Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Solar$2.62 billion7.82-$44.17 million$0.39491.70
Enphase Energy$2.33 billion10.70$397.36 million$3.4253.24

Summary

Enphase Energy beats First Solar on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FSLR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FSLR vs. The Competition

MetricFirst SolarSemiconductors & related devices IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.49B$27.61B$6.22B$6.23B
Dividend YieldN/A34.26%11.28%6.48%
P/E Ratio491.7038.7151.5615.09
Price / Sales7.8219.609,150.1088.99
Price / Cash96.2633.0031.67104.89
Price / Book3.507.588.245.29
Net Income-$44.17M$1.01B$1.23B$193.04M
7 Day Performance-8.13%2.18%3.25%3.91%
1 Month Performance8.06%17.00%1.75%5.38%
1 Year Performance167.49%-1.09%-15.46%1.73%

First Solar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ENPH
Enphase Energy
3.1994 of 5 stars
$182.73
+0.5%
$280.48
+53.5%
-13.1%$25.03B$2.33B53.432,821Positive News
SEDG
SolarEdge Technologies
3.0173 of 5 stars
$294.10
+1.0%
$374.26
+27.3%
-5.3%$16.57B$3.11B86.504,926
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
1.5718 of 5 stars
$22.91
-1.6%
N/A-3.6%$22.54B$16.82B0.004,427Positive News
EC
Ecopetrol
2.063 of 5 stars
$9.75
-0.2%
$12.00
+23.1%
-40.8%$20.03B$37.83B2.5218,903
FANG
Diamondback Energy
3.1398 of 5 stars
$130.32
-0.8%
$178.00
+36.6%
-16.3%$23.60B$9.64B5.40870
CTRA
Coterra Energy
3.0272 of 5 stars
$23.73
-0.7%
$30.25
+27.5%
-31.2%$17.97B$9.05B4.53936
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
2.2704 of 5 stars
$31.96
-0.3%
$50.20
+57.1%
-23.1%$17.59B$8.93B8.502,669Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
2.2178 of 5 stars
$58.72
0.0%
$73.45
+25.1%
-12.6%$26.27B$22.39B11.082,966
TRGP
Targa Resources
2.6685 of 5 stars
$70.93
-0.8%
$100.27
+41.4%
-9.5%$16.03B$20.93B18.382,850
HAL
Halliburton
3.2651 of 5 stars
$31.18
-1.5%
$48.24
+54.7%
-23.5%$28.13B$20.30B14.4445,000Analyst Report

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This page (NASDAQ:FSLR) was last updated on 6/8/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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