First Solar FSLR Return on equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from First Solar’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: First Solar’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is First Solar's return on equity?
- First Solar (FSLR) reported return on equity of 18.4% in Q1 2026.
- How has First Solar's return on equity changed year-over-year?
- First Solar's return on equity increased by 10.0% year-over-year, from 16.8% to 18.4%.
- What is the long-term trend for First Solar's return on equity?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), First Solar's return on equity has grown at a 18.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 7.5% to 17.4%.
- What does return on equity mean?
- How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
- How do you interpret return on equity?
- Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
- How does return on equity compare across companies?
- Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.