First Solar FSLR Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 40.6%-3.5pp | 44.2%+5.0pp | 39.2%+36.5pp | 2.7%-22.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 30.6%-2.6pp | 33.2%+7.3pp | 25.8%+26.9pp | -1%-21.1pp | |
| Net margin | 29.3%-1.4pp | 30.7%+5.7pp | 25%+26.7pp | -1.7%-17.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 40.7%-2.5pp | 43.2%+8.1pp | 35.1%+25.9pp | 9.3%-19.7pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.7%— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 17.4%-0.2pp | 17.6%+4.4pp | 13.3%+14.0pp | -0.7%-8.9pp | |
| Return on assets | 12%+0.5pp | 11.5%+2.6pp | 8.9%+9.5pp | -0.6%-7.0pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 21%+0.9pp | 20.1%+4.2pp | 15.9%+16.5pp | -0.6%-10.5pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 12.1×+3.4× | 8.7×+1.0× | 7.7×-2.6× | 10.2×+0.2× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 2.7×+0.2× | 2.4×-1.1× | 3.5×-0.1× | 3.7×-0.7× | |
| Quick ratio | 2.6×+0.3× | 2.3×-1.0× | 3.3×-0.1× | 3.4×-0.7× | |
| Cash ratio | 1.2×+0.5× | 0.8×-0.7× | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.4×-0.6× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×+0.1× | 0×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1×-0.6× | -0.4×+0.7× | -1.1×+4.1× | -5.2×-4.0× | |
| Interest coverage | 36.2×+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 / earnings | 18.3×+3.7× | 14.6×-7.6× | 22.2×— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 5.4×+0.9× | 4.5×-1.1× | 5.5×-0.5× | 6.1×+2.9× | |
| Price / book | 2.9×+0.6× | 2.4×-0.4× | 2.8×0.0× | 2.7×+1.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.2×+2.2× | 10×-4.7× | 14.7×-45.9× | 60.7×+51.0× | |
| EV / sales | 5×+0.6× | 4.3×-0.8× | 5.2×-0.4× | 5.6×+2.8× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.2%— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | 5.5%-1.4pp | 6.8%+2.3pp | 4.5%+4.8pp | -0.3%-5.3pp | |
| PEG ratio | 1×+0.7× | 0.3×— | —— | —— |
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Compare these in charts →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.
