| Company Name: | First Solar, Incorporated | | Ticker Symbol: | FSLR | | | WWW Address: | www.firstsolar.com | | CEO: | Robert J. Gillette | | No. of Employees: | 3,524 | | Common Issue Type: | CS | | Business Description: | The Company designs and manufactures solar modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology
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| | | Industry Information: | ELECTRONICS - Semiconductor - Specialized [more like this] |
| | Price | Day Change | Bid | Ask | Open | High | Low | Volume | | 122.6 |  1.42 | 122.52 | 122.59 | 123.65 | 121.79 | 118.90 | 539402 |
| Market Cap (mil) | Shares Outstanding (mil) | Beta | EPS | DPS | P/E | Yield | 52-Wks-Range |
| 10,433.3 | 85.1 | 1.65 | 4.24 | 0.00 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 207.51 - 98.63 |
| | KEY FIGURES (Latest Twelve Months - LTM) | | Yesterday's Close | 121.18 | $ | | PE Ratio - LTM | 16.2 | |
| Market Capitalisation | 10,313.4 | mil |
| Latest Shares Outstanding | 85.1 | mil |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | 4.24 | $ |
| Dividend pS (DPS) | 0.00 | ¢ |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 | % |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0 | % |
| Revenue per Employee | 353,661 | $ |
| Effective Tax Rate | 24.9 | % |
| Float | 81.5 | mil |
| Float as % of Shares Outstanding | 96.3 | % |
| Foreign Sales | 0 | mil |
| Domestic Sales | 0 | mil |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 12.80 | % |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 3.50 | % |
| Gross Profit Margin | 55.7 | % |
| EBITDA Margin | 39.3 | % |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | 38.1 | % |
| Assets Turnover | 0.8 | % |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 20.4 | % |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 25.7 | % |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | 24.1 | % |
| Current Ratio | 3.5 | |
| Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 1.3 | |
| Interest Cover | 136.3 | |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 0.08 | |
| LT Debt/Total Capital | 6.0 | % |
| Working Capital pS | 10.07 | $ |
| Cash pS | 4.29 | $ |
| Book-Value pS | 28.89 | $ |
| Tangible Book-Value pS | 25.56 | $ |
| Cash Flow pS | 7.68 | $ |
| Free Cash Flow pS | 1.48 | $ |
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| KEY FIGURES (LTM): Price info |
| Price/Book Ratio | 4.19 | |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio | 4.74 | |
| Price/Cash Flow | 15.8 | |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 82.1 | |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 0.0 | % |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 0.0 | % |
| | | Balance Sheet (at a glance) in Millions |
| | | | | | DIVIDEND INFO | | Type of Payment | - |
| Dividend Rate | 0.00 |
| Current Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Average Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Average Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
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|  | | Share price performance previous 3 years |
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 | | | Share price performance intraday |
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 | | | | | PRICE/VOLUME | High | Low | Close | % Price Chg | % Price Chg vs. Mkt. | Avg. Daily Vol | Total Vol |
| 1 Week | - | - | - | 2.4 | 103 | 25,244 | 117,513 |
| 4 Weeks | 158.14 | 115.09 | 152.39 | -20.5 | 79 | 33,090 | 661,799 |
| 13 Weeks | 163.32 | 112.09 | 121.54 | -0.3 | 94 | 35,004 | 2,240,236 |
| 26 Weeks | 196.25 | 112.09 | 191.72 | -36.8 | 51 | 34,589 | 4,392,752 |
| 52 Weeks | 207.51 | 98.63 | 92.81 | 30.6 | 96 | 37,364 | 9,378,485 |
| YTD | 207.51 | 100.90 | - | -12.2 | 73 | 36,822 | 8,284,968 |
| Moving Average | 5-Days | 10-Days | 10-Weeks | 30-Weeks | 200-Days | Beta (60-Mnth) | Beta (36-Mnth) |
| 122.88 | 120.73 | 141.38 | 153.69 | 147.77 | 1.65 | 1.65 |
| | | | GROWTH RATES | 5-Year
Growh | R² of 5-Year Growth | 3-Year
Growth |
| Revenue | 175.24 | 98.0 | 137.44 |
| Income | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Dividend | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Capital Spending | 0.00 | NA | 114.33 |
| R&D | 0.00 | NA | 124.35 |
| Normalized Inc. | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 |
| | | CHANGES | YTD vs.
Last YTD | Curr Qtr vs.
Qtr 1-Yr ago | Annual vs.
Last Annual |
| Revenue % | 75.3 | 37.9 | 147.3 |
| Earnings % | 131.3 | 54.5 | 120.0 |
| EPS % | 123.6 | 49.2 | 108.9 |
| EPS $ | 3.25 | 0.59 | 2.21 |
| | | | SOLVENCY RATIOS | | SHORT-TERM SOLVENCY RATIOS (LIQUIDITY) |
| Net Working Capital Ratio | 32.90 |
| Current Ratio | 2.8 |
| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) | 2.2 |
| Liquidity Ratio (Cash) | 2.08 |
| Receivables Turnover | 21.5 |
| Average Collection Period | 17 |
| Working Capital/Equity | 46.0 |
| Working Capital pS | 8.53 |
| Cash-Flow pS | 5.01 |
| Free Cash-Flow pS | 0.05 |
| FINANCIAL STRUCTURE RATIOS |
| Altman's Z-Score Ratio | 12.24 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 1.4 |
| Debt Ratio | 28.4 |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 0.13 |
| LT Debt/Equity | 0.11 |
| LT Debt/Capital Invested | 13.1 |
| LT Debt/Total Liabilities | 27.2 |
| Interest Cover | 912.2 |
| Interest/Capital Invested | 0.03 |
| | | | VALUATION RATIOS | | MULTIPLES |
| PQ Ratio | 8.03 |
| Tobin's Q Ratio | 4.88 |
| Current P/E Ratio - LTM | 16.20 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/EBITDA | 20.28 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/Free Cash Flow | 2,836.51 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio - LTM | 4.74 |
| Price/Book Ratio - LTM | 4.19 |
| Price/Cash Flow Ratio | 15.8 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow Ratio - LTM | 82.1 |
| Price/Sales Ratio | 5.55 |
| P/E Ratio (1 month ago) - LTM | 20.7 |
| P/E Ratio (26 weeks ago) - LTM | 33.9 |
| P/E Ratio (52 weeks ago) - LTM | 27.2 |
| 5-Y High P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Low P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Average P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| Current P/E Ratio as % of 5-Y Average P/E | 0 |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 0.0 |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 0.0 |
| Current 12 Month Normalized P/E Ratio - LTM | 16.2 |
| PER SHARE FIGURES |
| LT Debt pS | 2.00 |
| Current Liabilities pS | 4.68 |
| Tangible Book Value pS - LTM | 25.56 |
| Book Value pS - LTM | 28.89 |
| Capital Invested pS | 19.70 |
| Cash pS - LTM | 4.29 |
| Cash Flow pS - LTM | 7.68 |
| Free Cash Flow pS - LTM | 1.48 |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | 4.24 |
| | | | OPERATING RATIOS | | PROFITABILITY RATIOS |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | 0.30 |
| Free Cash Flow Margin 5YEAR AVG | -73.86 |
| Net Profit Margin | 27.9 |
| Net Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 25.0 |
| Equity Productivity | 0.82 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 23.0 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 15.9 |
| Capital Invested Productivity | 0.74 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | 20.8 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 14.4 |
| Assets Productivity | 0.70 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 16.5 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 11.6 |
| Gross Profit Margin | 55.7 |
| Gross Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 56.3 |
| EBITDA Margin - LTM | 39.3 |
| EBIT Margin - LTM | 38.4 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | 37.2 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 31.1 |
| Effective Tax Rate | 24.9 |
| Effective Tax Rate - 5YEAR AVRG. | 16.0 |
| EFFICIENCY RATIOS |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 75 |
| Revenue per Employee | 353,661 |
| Net Income per Employee | 98,845 |
| Average Collection Period | 18 |
| Receivables Turnover | 21.5 |
| Day's Inventory Turnover Ratio | 57 |
| Inventory Turnover | 6.3 |
| Inventory/Sales | 9.8 |
| Accounts Payble/Sales | 3.71 |
| Assets/Revenue | 1.43 |
| Net Working Capital Turnover | 1.79 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 1.20 |
| Total Assets Turnover | 0.7 |
| Revenue per $ Cash | 1.74 |
| Revenue per $ Plant | 1.48 |
| Revenue per $ Common Equity | 0.82 |
| Revenue per $ Capital Invested | 0.74 |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 16.6 |
| SG&A Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 19.5 |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 2.7 |
| R&D Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 2.7 |
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