First Solar Investment Purchases increased by 97.5% to $459.76M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 17.9%, from $389.83M to $459.76M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows a downward trend with a -8.0% CAGR.
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purchases_of_investments| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $97.04M | $718.35M | $1.04B | $750.22M | $220.99M | $1.31B | $1.10B | $1.47B | $1.02B | $727.97M | $392.33M | $569.45M | $544.38M | $900.94M | $501.33M | $389.83M | $540.98M | $376.85M | $232.78M | $459.76M |
| QoQ Change | — | +640.2% | +44.7% | -27.8% | -70.5% | +491.4% | -16.1% | +34.1% | -30.5% | -28.8% | -46.1% | +45.1% | -4.4% | +65.5% | -44.4% | -22.2% | +38.8% | -30.3% | -38.2% | +97.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +127.7% | +81.9% | +5.5% | +96.0% | +362.4% | -44.3% | -64.2% | -61.3% | -46.7% | +23.8% | +27.8% | -31.5% | -0.6% | -58.2% | -53.6% | +17.9% |