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First Solar, Inc. FSLR

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$5.2B
▲ 24.1% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$14.21
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
17.4%
Net margin · FY25
29.3%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 5.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
2465.21.52007201020132016201920222025
2465.21.52016201920222025

29 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 14.21
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
5101514.212007201020132016201920222025
5101514.212016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
17.4%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816243217.4%2007201020132016201920222025
816243217.4%2016201920222025
Operating margin30.6%
Net margin29.3%
Return on assets12.0%

Each USD of equity produced 17 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacks
Share of profit
Consecutive raises

Growth
+14.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+25.8%
+14.0%
+2.4%
+4.9%
Net income
+30.9%
+9.9%
+5.7%
EPS, diluted
+30.7%
+9.3%
+4.2%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.11B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.080.112007201020132016201920222025
0.100.112016201920222025
Change, 5 years+1.3%
Change, 10 years+5.4%

The share count grew 1% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 13.3B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 13.3B
EquityUSD 9.5B
CashUSD 2.8B
Gross debtUSD 498.6M
Net debtUSD -2.3B
Current ratio2.67×

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
5.2
4.2
3.3
2.6
2.9
2.7
3.1
2.2
2.9
2.9
4.1
3.4
3.3
3.4
2.8
2.6
2.1
1.2
0.5
Operating income $B
1.6
1.4
0.9
−0.0
0.6
0.3
−0.2
0.0
0.2
−0.6
0.7
0.4
0.4
−0.0
−0.1
0.7
0.7
0.4
0.1
EBITDA $B
2.1
1.8
1.2
0.2
0.8
0.6
0.0
0.2
0.3
−0.3
1.0
0.6
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.9
0.8
0.5
·
Income tax $B
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.1
−0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
−0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
−0.0
Net income $B
1.5
1.3
0.8
−0.0
0.5
0.4
−0.1
0.1
−0.2
−0.4
0.6
0.4
0.4
−0.1
−0.0
0.7
0.6
0.3
0.2
EPS, diluted $
14.21
12.02
7.74
−0.41
4.38
3.73
−1.09
1.36
−1.59
−4.05
5.83
3.90
3.67
−1.11
−0.46
7.68
7.53
4.24
2.03
Dividend / sh $
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
ROE %
17.4
17.6
13.3
−0.7
8.2
7.5
−2.2
2.8
−3.2
−7.7
11.2
8.4
8.7
−2.7
−1.1
21.7
30.7
26.7
14.4
Shares out B
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.08
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
74 of 74
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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