Company Analysis

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)

Nasdaq: FSLR · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Phoenix, AZ · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade6.4
◀ Past 5.8● Present 7.2▶ Future 6.1

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 24, 2026Feb 25, 2025Feb 27, 2024Feb 28, 2023Mar 1, 2022Feb 26, 2021Feb 21, 2020Feb 22, 2019Feb 23, 2018Feb 22, 2017
Revenue5,219,3764,206,2893,318,6022,619,3192,923,3772,711,3323,063,1172,244,0442,941,3242,904,563
Cost of revenue3,099,0372,348,4252,017,9232,549,4612,193,4232,030,6592,513,9051,851,8672,392,3772,266,145
Gross profit2,120,3391,857,8641,300,67969,858729,954680,673549,212392,177548,947638,418r
Research and development233,421191,375152,307112,80499,11593,73896,61184,47288,573124,762
Selling, general and administrative203,759188,262197,622164,724170,320222,918205,471176,857202,699261,994
Total operating expenses523,475464,559450,296350,605290,487363,184710,997352,064371,0961,206,569
Operating income1,596,8641,394,420857,266-27,236586,751317,489-161,78540,113177,851-568,151r
Interest expense44,13138,87012,96512,22513,10724,03627,06625,92125,76520,538
Interest and investment income81,76289,09097,66733,2846,17916,55948,88659,78835,70425,193
Share of profit of equity-method investments···00-2,129-28434,6204,266144,306r
Other income (expense), net-15,013-13,326-29,14531,189314-11,93217,54539,73723,96540,252
Income before income taxes1,580,9131,406,338891,2908,598572,162293,190-120,129113,147202,115-537,251r
Income tax expense52,684114,29460,51352,764103,469-107,294-5,4803,441371,99623,167r
Net income1,528,2291,292,044830,777-44,166468,693398,355-114,933144,326-165,615-416,112r
Earnings per share, basic14.2512.077.78-0.414.413.76-1.091.38-1.59-4.05r
Earnings per share, diluted14.2112.027.74-0.414.383.73-1.091.36-1.59-4.05r
Weighted average shares, basic107,235107,015106,795106,551106,263105,867105,310104,745104,328102,866
Weighted average shares, diluted107,537107,525107,372106,551106,924106,686105,310106,113104,328102,866
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:Revenues
us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
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Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
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Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeNet
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Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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