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First Solar FSLR Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin40.6%-3.5pp44.2%+5.0pp39.2%+36.5pp2.7%-22.3pp
Operating margin30.6%-2.6pp33.2%+7.3pp25.8%+26.9pp-1%-21.1pp
Net margin29.3%-1.4pp30.7%+5.7pp25%+26.7pp-1.7%-17.7pp
EBITDA margin40.7%-2.5pp43.2%+8.1pp35.1%+25.9pp9.3%-19.7pp
Free cash flow margin22.7%
Returns
Return on equity17.4%-0.2pp17.6%+4.4pp13.3%+14.0pp-0.7%-8.9pp
Return on assets12%+0.5pp11.5%+2.6pp8.9%+9.5pp-0.6%-7.0pp
Return on invested capital21%+0.9pp20.1%+4.2pp15.9%+16.5pp-0.6%-10.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.3×-0.1×
Inventory turnover12.1×+3.4×8.7×+1.0×7.7×-2.6×10.2×+0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.7×+0.2×2.4×-1.1×3.5×-0.1×3.7×-0.7×
Quick ratio2.6×+0.3×2.3×-1.0×3.3×-0.1×3.4×-0.7×
Cash ratio1.2×+0.5×0.8×-0.7×1.5×+0.1×1.4×-0.6×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.1×-0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×+0.1×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-1×-0.6×-0.4×+0.7×-1.1×+4.1×-5.2×-4.0×
Interest coverage36.2×+0.3×35.9×-30.2×66.1×+68.3×-2.2×-47.0×
Per Share
Book value per share$88.70+19.5%$74.19+19.1%$62.28+13.7%$54.77-1.7%
Valuation
Market capitalization$28.03B+48.6%$18.87B+2.5%$18.41B+15.3%$15.97B+72.3%
Enterprise value$25.88B+42.3%$18.18B+6.0%$17.16B+16.7%$14.71B+79.0%
Price / earnings18.3×+3.7×14.6×-7.6×22.2×
Price / sales5.4×+0.9×4.5×-1.1×5.5×-0.5×6.1×+2.9×
Price / book2.9×+0.6×2.4×-0.4×2.8×0.0×2.7×+1.2×
EV / EBITDA12.2×+2.2×10×-4.7×14.7×-45.9×60.7×+51.0×
EV / sales+0.6×4.3×-0.8×5.2×-0.4×5.6×+2.8×
Free cash flow yield4.2%
Earnings yield5.5%-1.4pp6.8%+2.3pp4.5%+4.8pp-0.3%-5.3pp
PEG ratio+0.7×0.3×

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Questions, answered.

What are First Solar's profit margins?
First Solar (FSLR) runs a 41.7% gross margin and a 31.8% operating margin, with a 30.7% net margin.
Where do First Solar's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from First Solar's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.