XNAS · Solar
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$195.96-2.59%
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TickerWhale Score
53/100
Moderate
Score components
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First Solar scores 53 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Risk is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
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- Quality & growth
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Technical
Quality & growth
30%54Moderate
- Revenue growth 23.8%
- EPS growth 38.8%
Valuation
25%80Strong
- P/E 12.1
- EV/Sales 3.6
First Solar designs and manufactures solar photovoltaic panels, modules, and systems for use in utility-scale development projects. The company's solar modules use cadmium telluride to convert sunlight into electricity. This is commonly called thin-film technology. First Solar is the world's largest thin-film solar module manufacturer. It has production lines in Vietnam, Malaysia, the United States, and India.
#447 by market cap in our coverage · ~7,900 employees · Listed 2006-11-17 · www.firstsolar.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#115 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 53 vs sector average 53.5 (-0.5)
Revenue growth (sector)Top 35%
Gross margin (sector)Top 69%
Return on equity (sector)Top 44%
P/E (sector)Cheaper than 97%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
12/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 12th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 24/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Sell
0 buy · 5 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates FSLR's technical setup weak — 12th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-14.1%
- vs 50-day-8.5%
Momentum
Weak
- RSI (14)41 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength12· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.404)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 0 buy · 4 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 0 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Strong Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)12.1
- P/S (TTM)3.9
- P/B2.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales3.6
- PEG0.31
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin44.0%
- Net margin32.5%
- ROE17.3%
- Debt/Equity0.00
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)23.8%
- EPS growth (YoY)38.8%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $21.1B
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSLRCurrentFirst Solar | 53 | 24 | 12.1 | — | 2.0 | 3.6 | $195.96 | -2.59% | +23.8% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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