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FSLR

First Solar, Inc. · XNAS · 131 sessions on record
$175.16▼ −1.77 · −1.0%from $176.93 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$178.50
High
$178.68
Low
$174.83
Day's range
$3.92.2% of the previous close
VWAP
$176.26close −0.62% from it
Volume, shares
1.92M0.79× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$338.8M
Trades
40.4K48 shares per trade
Previous close
$176.93−1.77 to the close
Market cap
$18.82Bat the close of Sep 30
Day range9% of the way up
$174.83$178.68
52-week range3% of the way up
$170.80 Sep 24$320.95 Jun 3

−45% from the high · +2.6% from the low

The desk read · Sep 24expiry Oct 16 · 22 days
balanced
options read
calls 57% · puts 43% of OI
0.76
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.64
$200.00
max pain
+14% from the close
$220.00
most call OI
2.33K contracts · +26% from the close
$165.00
most put OI
821 contracts · −5.8% from the close

Balanced into a 22-day expiry: 0.76 puts per call by open interest, the most call OI sits at $220.00, the most put OI at $165.00, max pain $200.00.

Options

Sep 24 open interest · 16 expiries listed

FSLR options carry 640K contracts of open interest across 16 expiries, 3.5% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.76 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 16 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Sep 251 day13.4K5.83K0.433.066
Oct 28 days5.58K3.57K0.641.461
Oct 915 days1.27K1.83K1.440.4950
Oct 1622 days13.7K8.73K0.643.550
Oct 2329 days7811.73K2.210.3937
Oct 3036 days4846851.420.1836
Nov 643 days3922680.680.1029
Nov 2057 days8K8.14K1.022.532

92% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 50 strikes listed for it · 640K contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 22 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 13.7K calls and 8.73K puts, the most call OI at $220.00 and the most put OI at $165.00; max pain $200.00, +14% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
13.7K13,650 contracts
Put OI, contracts
8.73K8,731 contracts
Puts per call, by OI
0.64all expiries 0.76
Max pain
$200.00+14% from the close
Strikes listed
50for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
1.33K
$240.00
1.12K
$230.00
2.33K
$220.00
$180.00
748
$170.00
709
$165.00
821
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
FSLR close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close138.45228.35318.25axis spans 130%S&P 500FSLRApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 130 percent.

Quarterly results

consolidated · latest filed Jul 30, 2026 · SEC filings

Revenue $1.06B, −3.7% on a year earlier; profit $422.6M, +24% in the Jun 2026 quarter, consolidated.

Last 8 quarters, consolidatedUS dollars as filed · year on year against the same quarter a year earlier · market: close on the first session after the filing against the last close before it, S&P 500 over the same session
Quarterly results of FSLR on the consolidated basis with the market's move on the first session after each filing
QuarterRevenue $Revenue YoYProfit $Profit YoYEPS $Market on the day
Jun 2026filed Jul 30$1.06B▼ −3.7%$422.6M▲ +24%3.92▲ +2.4%S&P 500 +0.7% · +1.7 pp
Mar 2026filed Apr 30$1.04B▲ +24%$346.6M▲ +65%3.22▲ +4.9%S&P 500 +0.3% · +4.6 pp
Dec 2025filed Feb 24$1.68B▲ +11%$520.9M▲ +33%4.84—not reached
Sep 2025filed Oct 30$1.59B▲ +80%$455.9M▲ +46%4.24—not reached
Jun 2025filed Jul 30$1.10B▲ +8.6%$341.9M▼ −2.1%3.18▲ +2.4%S&P 500 +0.7% · +1.7 pp
Mar 2025filed Apr 30$844.6M▲ +6.3%$209.5M▼ −11%1.95▲ +4.9%S&P 500 +0.3% · +4.6 pp
Dec 2024filed Feb 25$1.51B▲ +31%$393.1M▲ +13%3.66—not reached
Sep 2024filed Oct 30$887.7M▲ +11%$313.0M▲ +17%2.91—not reached
By fiscal yearfiscal years as filed in the 10-K · named by the year the fiscal year ends
Financial-year results of FSLR on the consolidated basis, summed from the quarters filed
YearRevenue $Revenue YoYProfit $Profit YoYEPS $
FY25to Dec 2025$5.22B▲ +24%$1.53B▲ +18%14.21
FY24to Dec 2024$4.21B▲ +27%$1.29B▲ +56%12.02
FY23to Dec 2023$3.32B▲ +27%$830.8M—7.74
FY22to Dec 2022$2.62B▼ −10%−$44.2M▼ −110%-0.41
FY21to Dec 2021$2.92B▲ +7.8%$468.7M▲ +18%4.38

Fundamentals

consolidated · filings to Jun 2026 · close $175.16 on Sep 30

FSLR trades at 11 times trailing earnings, 1.8 times book value, revenue +24% over twelve months, market cap $18.82B.

Valuation
Market cap
$18.82Bon Sep 30
Price to earnings
11consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Trailing EPS
$16.22diluted · consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Price to book
1.8consolidated · balance sheet to Jun 2026
Book value a share
$96.03consolidated · balance sheet to Jun 2026
Debt to equity
—
Return on equity
19%trailing profit over average equity · consolidated
Dividend yield
—
Price to sales
3.5market cap over revenue, four quarters to Jun 2026
Shares outstanding
107Mon Sep 30
Growthsums of the four quarters filed to Jun 2026 · growth against the four quarters before them · consolidated
Revenue, trailing 12 months
$5.38Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Revenue growth, 12 months
▲ +24%against the twelve months before
Revenue 3-year CAGR
▲ +22%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated
Profit, trailing 12 months
$1.75Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Profit growth, 12 months
▲ +39%against the twelve months before
Profit 3-year CAGR
▲ +120%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

13F managers hold 180% of shares, BlackRock, Inc. the largest at 26%, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13% and VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 10%, as filed for the quarter to Jun 2026.

Held by 13F managers
180%of shares outstanding
Shares held
193M+0.52% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
940898 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
26%BlackRock, Inc.
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of FSLR
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BlackRock, Inc.28.1M26%$6.62B+416K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13.7M13%$3.23B+96K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC11.3M10%$2.66B−117K
STATE STREET CORP11.2M10%$2.63B+583K
Capital World Investors8.23M7.7%$1.94B—
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC6.22M5.8%$1.47B+5.55K
Hill City Capital, LP5.26M4.9%$1.24B+901K
Invesco Ltd.5.2M4.8%$1.23B−115K
FMR LLC4.36M4.1%$1.03B+742K
MORGAN STANLEY3.58M3.3%$845.0M+216K
Insider tradesSEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 · the latest 10

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

FSLR insider trades
InsiderTradeSharesPriceHeld after
Buehler Patrick JamesOfficersold · Jun 2, 20263,000$302.004,406
Stockdale CarolineOfficersold · May 28, 202610,628$275.6023,792
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026364$265.1586,692
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026632$270.0583,186
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026726$271.2382,460
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026473$273.1781,987
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026126$276.2981,861
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 2026628$267.7284,827
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 20261,009$268.8983,818
Widmar Mark RDirector,Officersold · May 26, 20261,237$266.6085,455

Corporate actions

exchange records

No corporate action on record for FSLR yet.

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

FSLR is −12.3% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 45% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 62% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $FSLR %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$197.25▼ −11%▲ +12%−23
60 sessionssince Jul 7$227.72▼ −23%▲ +2.0%−25
20 sessionssince Sep 1$199.66▼ −12%▲ +0.11%−12
5 sessionssince Sep 23$191.98▼ −8.8%▼ −0.67%−8.1
1 sessionsince Sep 29$176.93▼ −1.0%▼ −0.21%−0.79
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$174.99close +0.10% from it
20-session average
$195.61close −10% from it
50-session average
$208.88close −16% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$9.25.2% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$8.04.6% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
0.79×1.92M vs 2.46M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
62%≈ ±3.9% a session · moved more than that on 6 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
52%≈ ±3.2% a session · moved more than that on 14 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
2.53moved with S&P 500 on 42 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
10 up · 10 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
28 up · 32 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +11%May 28
Worst session, 250
▼ −11%Jun 5

First Solar, Inc. is held by

2 headlines on FSLR

latest Sep 30, 2026 · links go to the publisher

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 58% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 61% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
FSLR daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 2026471K805K58.4%
Sep 29, 2026452K750K60.3%
Sep 28, 2026588K959K61.3%
Sep 25, 2026916K1.39M65.8%
Sep 24, 20262.17M3.16M68.7%
Sep 23, 2026465K820K56.7%
Sep 22, 2026504K766K65.8%
Sep 21, 2026511K792K64.5%
Sep 18, 2026576K796K72.3%
Sep 17, 2026657K1.22M54.0%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
FSLR SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 3, 20264Sep 1, 2026
Sep 2, 20264Sep 1, 2026
Sep 1, 2026144—
Aug 18, 20264Aug 14, 2026
Aug 17, 2026144—
Aug 14, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Aug 13, 2026SCHEDULE 13G—
Aug 12, 20264Aug 11, 2026
Aug 11, 2026144—
Aug 7, 2026SCHEDULE 13G—
Aug 5, 20264Aug 3, 2026
Aug 5, 20264Aug 3, 2026
Aug 5, 20264Aug 4, 2026
Aug 4, 2026144—
Aug 3, 2026144—
Aug 3, 2026144—
Jul 30, 202610-QJun 30, 2026
Jul 30, 20268-KJul 30, 2026
Jul 28, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A—
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026
Jul 1, 20264Jun 30, 2026

About First Solar, Inc.

SEC and exchange records
Company
First Solar, Inc.
Exchange
XNAS
SEC CIK
1274494
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:37 pm IST

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